what is white flour?

Answer 1

Bleached flour! Not good for you!

Answer 2

Flour is a fine powder made from cereals or other starchy food sources. It is most commonly made from wheat, but also maize (now called corn in many parts of the Western Hemisphere), rye, barley, and rice, amongst many other grasses and non-grain plants (including many Australian species of acacia). Flour can also be made from legumes and nuts, such as soy, peanuts, almonds, and other tree nuts.


You're probably talking about bleached flour.

Bleached flour is flour that was subjected to flour bleaching agents for health purposes, to whiten it (freshly milled flour is yellowish), and to give it more gluten-producing potential. Oxidizing agents are usually employed, most commonly organic peroxides like acetone peroxide or benzoyl peroxide, nitrogen dioxide, or chlorine. A similar effect can be achieved by letting the flour slowly oxidize with oxygen in the air ("natural aging") for approximately 10 days; however, this process is more expensive due to the time required.

Answer 3

White flour is the most common and cheapest flour. It is also known as all-purpose flour.

All-purpose or plain flour is a blended wheat flour with an intermediate gluten level which is marketed as an acceptable compromise for most household baking needs.

In terms of the parts of the grain (the grass seed) used in flour—the endosperm or starchy part, the germ or protein part, and the bran or fiber part—there are three general types of flour. White flour is made from the endosperm only. Whole grain flour is made from the entire grain including bran, endosperm, and germ. A germ flour is made from the endosperm and germ, excluding the bran

Answer 4

White flour is made by bleaching wholewheat flour sometimes using animal bones in the process.

Answer 5

white flour is flour that has been bleached with chloride and yes its a poison that they use , same goes for salt , sugar cane as well , its bleached to make it look more appealing white clean , no matter what type of plant used to make the flour .

Answer 6

white flour is wheat which has been bleached with chlorine, rendering it nutritionally void. Synthetic vitamins are added to "enrich" it. It is toxic stuff and can easily be replaced with whole, unbleached flour. Same goes for white sugar, which is filtered through animal bones. If you mix white flour and water together, you get glue. Imagine what it does to your insides!

Answer 7

not good flour

Answer 8

Good for cakes.