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Unbleached flour has whitened naturally with age; bleached flour is treated to lighten it faster. Unbleached flour may also yield a denser texture than bleached, but even with trace differences ...
Bleached vs. Unbleached: Bleached flour is softened and whitened through chemicals, making it ideal for tender baked goods like cakes and cookies. It creates a fine, delicate texture but loses ...
Bleached flour has been treated with bleaching agents (like benzoyl peroxide) to speed up the flour’s aging process. The result is a paler color and lighter, softer texture than unbleached flour.
Whole-wheat flour is used in baking of breads and other baked goods, and also typically mixed with lighter "white" unbleached or bleached flours (that have been treated with flour bleaching agent(s)) to restore nutrients (especially fiber, protein, and vitamins), texture, and body to the white flours that can be lost in milling and other ...
"Bleached flour" is "refined" flour with a chemical whitening (bleaching) agent added. "Refined" flour has had the germ and bran, containing much of the nutritional fibre and vitamins, [citation needed] removed and is often referred to as "white flour". Bleached flour is artificially aged using a "bleaching" agent, a "maturing" agent, or both.
Enriched flour is flour with specific nutrients added to it. These nutrients include iron and B vitamins (folic acid, riboflavin, niacin, and thiamine). Calcium may also be supplemented. The purpose of enriching flour is to replenish the nutrients in the flour to match the nutritional status of the unrefined product.
It’s also healthier than regular white flour, with essential nutrients like vitamin E, magnesium and calcium. A quater-cup serving of almond flour provides: Calories: 128. Carbs: 6 grams.
Unbleached, unbromated flour contains more micro-organisms than more processed flours. Bran -containing (wholemeal) flour provides the greatest variety of organisms and additional minerals, though some cultures use an initial mixture of white flour and rye or whole wheat flour or "seed" the culture using unwashed organic grapes (for the wild ...