Additives, bromate, glyphosate — here's how to bake cleaner.
Healthy Pantry — Choosing the Right Flour
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Pantry Spotlight ~ The Flour Aisle
With so many options while in the grocery isle, when it comes to flour and products made with flour, what to avoid and what is going in your grocery cart is key to your wellness goals.
Reach for organic flour, it is available everywhere.
Avoiding flours that contain malted barley and synthetic nutrients like thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, or folic acid is key.
Going organic also helps you sidestep glyphosate residues a herbicide repeatedly detected in grocery-store flour, breads, crackers, cakes, and muffins.
Knowing the details on the label, can make a big difference in what you bake and in your wellness goals.
• Certified organic
• Unbleached
• No added malted barley or enzymes
• Stone-ground or heritage-milled (e.g., Janie's Mill)
• Whole grain whenever possible
Potassium bromate is banned in the EU, UK, Canada, Brazil, and China, yet is still legal in the US and turns up in many commercial breads and flours.
✅ How Healthy Pantry helps
Scan any flour to learn more about what ingredients to avoid and what products to choose.
Glyphosate detection is a feature in your Profile, so you can learn when a flour is at risk of pesticide residue.
Cleaner alternatives matched to your wellness goals, budget, and lifestyle, whether your are choosing sourdough baked goods in the grocery isle or looking for the best all-purpose flours, and/or gluten-free options.
Just ask HealthyPantry's AskAway AI: "What's the cleanest flour for sourdough?"
