Wheat Flour

Wheat flour is high in nutrients. Because of its fibre properties, wheat flour is the first choice of the health conscious people. Wheat flour is obtained by milling wheat.  There are various types of wheat. The differences between the flours comes down to the type of wheat, the parts of wheat included, the processing of the wheat.  We utilize best type and quality of wheat to make wheat flour. Wheat flour is used daily in most of the states in north as well as western states of India. Wheat flour is used to make rotis, parathas etc. for daily meal. There are various other uses such as in bread and other bakery products as well as in many other recipes in which wheat flour is used as main ingredient.Wheat is the only grain with sufficient gluten content to make raised or leavened loaf of bread. Wheat flour is undoubtedly one of the most important foods in our diet, not because of its nutrition but because of our habit and we cannot eliminate wheat flour from our diet. An excellent source of complex carbohydrates is wheat flour. Wheat flour contains B-vitamins, calcium, folacin, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, zinc, minimal amounts of sodium and other trace elements. Other than gluten flour, all types of wheat flour contains 9 to 15 percent of calories derived from protein. Not more than 5 percent calories are derived from fat. Because of its excellent nutritional value, the wheat flour has become the most consumed flour in this world.