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1. A product created by grinding and sifting various types of substances, such as grains, legumes, nuts, and some vegetables into a powdered form that varies from very soft to coarse in texture.

A variety of flour that is ground from the full wheat berry. All parts of the wheat berry are used in the flour including the bran, germ, and the endosperm, which when milled, creates the speckled brown color that is characteristic of the flour.

A type of flour made from barley grain. The flour is usually produced from “pearled” barley, which refers to barley that has been scoured and polished to remove the husk and the bran.

A type of flour milled from seeds obtained from the amaranth plant. The small, lens shaped seed or grain is light tan in color and provides a very mild tangy, somewhat peppery or nutty flavor, which may be quite noticeable if the flour is not combined with another flour when preparing baked foods.

An herb that is technically not a grain, but is often used like a grain because of its abundance of grain like seeds.

A variety of gluten free flour obtained by grinding the seeds of the buckwheat plant. Buckwheat flour has a slightly sour flavor and it is often processed with the addition of wheat flour in order to temper the taste.

A type of flour made from rice kernels that have been processed to remove the outer hulls, but not the nutritious bran layers covering the kernel.

As the name suggests, a type of wheat flour that is suitable for most purposes. It is generally produced from a combination of high protein bread flour and low protein cake flour.

A variety of unbleached flour that is typically milled from hard wheat and blended with other ingredients to create flour that rises well.

A type of flour milled from dried kernels of yellow corn. It is similar to cornmeal except that it is ground to a finer consistency than cornmeal.

A high protein, gluten-free flour ground from roasted soybeans. Among the varieties available are full-fat, low-fat, and defatted soy flour.

A type of wheat flour in which the leavening agent has already been added. The leavening agent is generally in the form of baking powder.

A soft-wheat flour with a fine-texture and a high starch content. Pastry flour is finely ground, but it is not as fine as cake flour.

A flour ground from oat groats, which are hulled and cleaned oats. Oat flour is also ground from rolled oats or oatmeal.

A type of flour produced from grinding polished rice (the bran and germ have been removed) into a powder.

Flour Wand,

A speciality flour that is produced from white sweet potatoes. It is raw flour, not roasted flour and therefore, does not require cooking before use.

A type of flour that was developed specifically for bread making. Bread flour is unbleached, high-gluten flour that typically contains 99.9 % hard wheat flour with malted barley added to increase the yeast activity.

A type of whole-wheat flour that is slightly coarser than regular flour. The Rev. Sylvester Graham, an early advocate of healthier foods, developed the flour.

Grains of rye grass that have been ground into fine flour that has a slightly sweet-sour flavor. Low in gluten, it does not contain enough protein to develop the gluten necessary for the bread to rise sufficiently without combining it with wheat flour.