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A type of flour produced from the endosperm portion of the wheat kernel. It is high in starch and has a low protein content, which means that it contains very little gluten, making it suitable for cake recipes.

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 cake that is made with cake flour, sugar, and milk along with whole eggs and butter that gives the cake a yellow color.

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.

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.

Flour that is ground from substances other than wheat. Non-wheat flours are ground from seeds, roots and tubers, nuts, legumes and other grains.

Flour that does not contain gluten, which is a protein found in some types of flour milled from various grains, seeds, legumes, tubers, and nuts.

Flour, ground from spelt, which has a mild nutty flavor and is high in protein but low in gluten. It can be substituted for wheat flour in making bread for the gluten and wheat intolerant.

Flour that has been processed from grain to remove the bran and germ, bleached to whiten the appearance, and then reformulated with nutrients, such as thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, Vitamin D, iron, and calcium added in accordance with established government guidelines.

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 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 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 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 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 milled from sorghum grain. Sorghum flour lacks gluten, so it isn’t suitable for making yeast breads.

A type of flour made from the Yuca root, also known as Cassava root. Another type of flour made from the Yuca root is referred to as Manioc flour, a coarse ground meal made from the grated flesh of the root.

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.

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

A flour similar to refined white pastry flour, however not all of the bran and germ portions of the wheat kernel have been removed during the milling process.