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All flours are bleached, but unbleached flour is bleached naturally as it ages—exposure to oxygen causes it to whiten over time. It has a denser texture and duller color, and it provides more ...
Coarse flour often creates more chew and structure. Bleached vs. Unbleached: Bleached flour is softened and whitened through chemicals, making it ideal for tender baked goods like cakes and ...
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 ...
The changes of functional properties of the flour proteins are likely to be caused by their oxidation. In countries where bleached flour is prohibited, microwaving plain flour produces similar chemical changes to the bleaching process. This improves the final texture of baked goods made to recipes intended for bleached flours. [2]
The difference between bleached and unbleached is this: Bleached flour usually containst benzoyl peroxide which actually whitens the flour. Unbleached flour has no bleaching additive. 12.43.88.120 02:29, 6 March 2008 (UTC) Bleached flour is artificially aged using a bleaching agent, a maturing agent, or both.
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 ...
Graham bread, an early reintroduction of an unbleached bread; Maida flour, a bleached flour typically used to make a white bread in India; Plain loaf; Pullman loaf, bread baked in a lidded pan, responsible for square-shaped slices; Rye bread, a bread that can be darker or neutral in color; Sliced bread, pre-sliced and packaged bread, first sold ...
The wheat flour is bleached to remove any brown pigments and produce a bright white color. The pH of the bleached flour is between 3 and 4.5, although the optimal pH of starch gelatinization is between 3.7 and 3.9. Acidifiers are used in order to reach this pH range. The optimal flour protein content is between 3% and 4%, and must be below 4.5%.