Unbleached Wheat Flour Also known as unbleached or enriched wheat flour What is Unbleached Wheat Flour? Unbleached wheat flour is wheat flour that has not been chemically treated with bleaching agents such as benzoyl peroxide or chlorine gas. Instead, it matures naturally when in contact with oxygen. Similar to other wheat flours, [...]
SDmatic Also known as as starch damage measurement/analysis What is SDmatic? The SDmatic is a tool for measuring the content of damaged starch in flour (refined or whole grain) or starch samples. It is a key test for bakeries interested in controlling the level of starch damage and its impact on baking [...]
Patent Flour What is Patent Flour? Bakers often use the term patent flour to refer to baking flour. However, most flour sold today, whether bread, cake or pastry, is patent flour. It is high quality, commercial grade white flour. It's the milled product of the innermost part of the endosperm of the [...]
Clear Flour What is Clear Flour? Clear flour is what’s leftover when the high quality white patent flour is extracted from wheat. Despite its name, clear flour is darker in color, as well as coarser and stronger tasting than patent flour. Because of its grayish color, it finds use in whole grain [...]
Benzoyl Peroxide What is Benzoyl Peroxide? Benzoyl peroxide is an ingredient added to flour in small quantities for oxidizing carotenoid pigments in the flour. This leads to the whitening or bleaching of the flour, which is part of the usual treatment performed on flour at the mill. Benzoyl peroxide is the main [...]
High Gluten Wheat Flour Also known as high-protein wheat flour What is High Gluten Wheat Flour? High gluten wheat flour is made from grinding U.S. hard red winter (HRW) and hard red spring (HRS) wheats to produce a finished product with 13.0–15.0% protein. This flour may also be produced from Canadian wheat, [...]
Flour Also Known as Wheat Flour What is Flour? Flour is a fine powder made by grinding wheat kernels. It is the main component of foods such as bread, crackers, pasta, tortillas, cakes, cookies and pastries. Among other grains, wheat flour is unique due to its ability to form a gluten network [...]
Bread Flour Also Known as Hard Wheat Flour What is Bread Flour? Bread flour is a high-protein patent flour specifically milled for yeasted breads. Unlike whole wheat flour which milled from the whole wheat kernel, bread flour is made from just the protein-rich endosperm of hard red spring or hard red winter [...]
Pizza Pizza is a savory dish made with a form of flatbread and usually topped with tomato sauce and cheese. The word "pizza" is thought to have come from the Latin word pinsa, meaning flatbread. It is thought that the Italians invented pizza. However, its origin goes back to ancient times in [...]
