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THE LOWDOWN FLOUR

WHAT IS FLOUR?

Flour in its most traditional form is the milled product of grains and cereals, most commonly wheat. But the term flour can also cover anything from nuts and seeds to legumes.

WHEAT FLOUR

Wheat is a type of grass that has been cultivated for more than 10,000 years. Its seed, a wheat berry, is made up of three parts: the endosperm, germ and bran. It is the inclusion or exclusion of these three parts which denotes the type of flour you are buying. Wheat

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