How do you keep from getting the little black bugs in your flour?

Question

I tried nuking the whole bag once i buy it for 1 minute when i bring it home, but that didn't work.

Answer 1

freezing it for 3 days prevents your flour from getting weevils.

i have been doing this for several years and i have not had weevils since i started. less than 3 days i'm not sure if that works, so 3 days or longer and you're set (or you can just keep it in the freezer if you have room in there, i always have a bag in there)

Answer 2

Nuking the bag wouldn't work because you need moisture to cook it. Those bugs tend to not have moisture in them so they don't die!

Flour bugs are, well, bugs that live in flour. Bug eggs make it through all the sifting, sorting, and filtering because they are about the same size as the flour particles. In coarsely ground flour, they have an easier time of it. After a while, they hatch and then bugs go through a life cycle in your cupboards. The only thing you can do about them is 1, keep your flour in a sealed container and 2, use it faster than the bugs cycle.

Answer 3

These critters are from the flour itself. You may want to keep it in the freezer or better yet, buy a box of Bay Leaves from the grocery. They will be with spices. Place about half a leaf in all the dried things such as pasta and corn meal. Works great.

Answer 4

Put the bag in the freezer for 4 days.

Answer 5

I store my flour in a zipper bag in the freezer. No problems w/ bugs.

Answer 6

My wife stores it in a large tupperware type container that seals. It stays fresher longer as well

Answer 7

I keep my flour and corn meal in the fridge.( crisper drawer=)

Answer 8

Transfer it to a container, make sure it's covered up! Refrigeration is a good idea, too!

Answer 9

Store flour in a closed conatiner so that no bugs can get in it............

Answer 10

store it either in the fridge or freezer. you can do the same for cornmeal and sugar.