What is the difference between wheat flour and flour? If you put wheat flour and flour together, can you distinguish them? I believe many people have difficulty distinguishing them. Some people may also think that wheat flour is actually flour. It is often easy for people to confuse wheat flour and flour. But let me tell you that, strictly speaking, wheat flour and flour are different. The following is an introduction to the differences between the two.

In life, the "flour" we often refer to refers to wheat flour, which is flour ground from wheat, and names such as "high-gluten wheat flour" are what we usually call flour. In fact, wheat flour is flour directly ground from wheat, with the outer shell and middle part of wheat, and is a coarse grain. Flour is the middle part of wheat with the skin removed, which is flour.

1. Wheat flour

After wheat is ground and processed, it becomes wheat flour, also called wheat flour or flour.

Nutrient

The main one is starch, followed by vitamins, proteins, fats, minerals, etc.

Nutritional analysis

Four is rich in carbohydrates, protein, vitamins and minerals such as calcium, potassium, iron, phosphorus, magnesium, etc. It has the functions of strengthening the spleen and thickening the intestines, nourishing the heart and kidneys , the effect of removing heat and quenching thirst.

Suitable for the crowd

Everyone can eat it, especially those with partial eclipses.

Therapeutic effects

Wheat is sweet in taste and cool in nature, enters the heart, spleen and kidney meridian; nourishes the heart, removes heat, nourishes the kidneys and quenches thirst; mainly treats viscera, dysentery, Carbuncles, irritability, thirst, traumatic bleeding and burns, etc.

2. Flour

Flour is a powder ground from wheat. According to the protein content in flour, it can be divided into high-gluten flour, medium-gluten flour, low-gluten flour and gluten-free flour. Flour (wheat flour) is a staple food in most of northern China. There are many kinds of foods made from flour, with various styles and different flavors.

Types of flour

1. Bread flour

High-gluten flour was mentioned above. You must think that high-gluten flour is used to make bread. In fact, Bread flour is not equal to high-gluten flour. The so-called bread flour is to add vitamins, malt, gluten, etc. to flour to increase the protein content, making it easier to make bread. Therefore, flour with a protein content as high as 14-15 has emerged, so that larger bread can be made. In addition, there is also a kind of instant flour mix, which can be simply mixed with water and two or three ingredients to make bread dough.

2. Cake flour

Cake flour is also called cake flour. In fact, low-gluten flour is not equal to cake flour. In foreign countries, in some areas where flour classification is finer, low-gluten flour is divided into two grades. One is cake flour, which means that low-gluten flour has been treated with chlorine to make low-gluten flour. The acid value of flour is reduced, which is beneficial to the organization and structure of cakes; first, pie flour. Pie flour is slightly higher in gluten than cake flour, but both are low-gluten flours. Of course, in our country, the classification of household flour sold on the market is not detailed. Low-gluten flour can be used as cake flour, and there is no problem in making cakes, sponge cakes and cookies.

3. Whole wheat flour

Whole wheat flour is the whole grain of wheat that is crushed during milling without the need to remove the bran. The whole grain of wheat contains bran. All the germ and germ are ground into powder. The bran in wheat contains fiber which is extremely nutritious.

4. Flour

If you cannot buy low-gluten flour, you can use medium-gluten flour and 20% cornstarch instead. That is, the ratio of medium-gluten flour: cornstarch = 4:1. Cornstarch can reduce the gluten of flour.

Friendly reminder: In life, there are always some people who easily confuse wheat flour and flour and habitually use them together. So, after reading the above introduction, can you distinguish flour from wheat flour? He said: Under strict circumstances, it is recommended that everyone is best able to distinguish wheat flour from wheat flour. , hope it helps you.