bread flour
Bread Flour
High-protein wheat flour for yeast-leavened bread.
About Bread Flour
Bread flour is a wheat flour used chiefly for yeast-leavened breads. It is selected in recipes where the dough needs to develop a resilient structure, but the name alone does not specify a particular milling grade, extraction level, or formulation. The exact flour may therefore differ between products and markets.
Its flavour is generally mild and wheat-like, while the baked result can have a springy, chewy crumb when the dough is mixed, fermented, and baked appropriately. Texture in the finished bread also depends on hydration, kneading, fermentation, shaping, and baking, not on the flour name alone.
Bread flour is sold as a dry, milled powder in bags or other packages. It may be used plain or combined with other flours, and sifting or blending changes handling and dough behaviour. Baking transforms it from powder into a set crumb and browned crust; the precise effects depend on the recipe and process.
- Ingredient type
- flour
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ENRICHED BREAD FLOUR
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UNBLEACHED BREAD FLOUR
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Bread Flour nutrition & diet
Bread Flour nutritional value
Reference: Flour, wheat, bread/strong, white
Per 100 g of the edible portion of the stated reference food.
- Calories
- 353kcal
- Protein
- 11.3g
- Carbs
- 79.2g
- Fat
- 1.2g
Reference example for the named food and preparation, per 100 g edible portion. This is not a universal value for every recipe or brand; packaged products should be compared with their own label. CoFID 2021 food code 11-887. Carbohydrate follows the dataset’s available-carbohydrate convention. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/.
Portions & preparation
Use the flour as a dry ingredient and identify the cereal species, extraction, enrichment, and milling specification. Reference it before water, yeast, fat, or other dough additions are incorporated; baked bread requires a separate match for the finished recipe.
Compare the right form: Match the reference to the specified bread flour, cereal identity, milling and enrichment status, measured as dry flour.
Diet considerations
Typically plant-derived wheat flour intended for yeast-leavened dough. Compatibility changes if the product is blended with other cereals, malted, enriched, or processed in a facility or recipe with added animal ingredients. The flour itself differs from finished bread in portion-dependent carbohydrate pattern and preparation.
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Dietary compatibility
- VeganNot established
- VegetarianNot established
- PescatarianNot established
- KetoNot established
- PaleoNot established
- Low-carbNot established
- HalalNot established
- KosherNot established
What these diet assessments mean
- Vegan · Not established
- The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
- Vegetarian · Not established
- The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
- Pescatarian · Not established
- The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
- Keto · Not established
- A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
- Paleo · Not established
- The ingredient form and processing have not been assessed against this dietary pattern.
- Low-carb · Not established
- A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
- Halal · Not established
- Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
- Kosher · Not established
- Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.
For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.
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Sources & review
Nutrition reference: UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID), 2021 — Flour, wheat, bread/strong, white ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.
Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.
The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.
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