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=Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour=

__**Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour:**__ Enriched bleached wheat flour is wheat flour that has been enriched with many nurtients. This kind of flour is commonly used to make enriched bread. It is illegal to directly add nutrients to bread so the nutrients come from the flour. Enriched bleahced wheat flour is artificially made.

__**Contents of one cup enriched bleached wheat flour**:__ Water, energy, protein, lipid, ash, carbohydrate, fiber, calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, pottasium, sodium, zinc,copper, manganese, selenium, vitamin c, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin.

__**Process:**__ like most flours, enriched bleached wheat flour is "steel-ground". this means that the wheat kernels used are grinded down by hot, large, steel machines. although this is an effective way to break down the kernels, much of the vitamins and nutrients are lost in the procoess. there are two ways you can bleach flour; by aging it or by chemical means. the aging process causes the yellow pigment to fade due to oxidation. this process removes vitamin E. the second way to bleach flour is through chemicals. the most common chemicals used are chlorine dioxide and potassium bromade.

__**Synthesis:**__ Enriched flour is just flour that contains the nutrients that are lost during the cooking process. It is said that whole wheat products are better than enriched products for a persons health. The bleached flour has just been bleached to make it whiter. The flour is bleached with a bleaching agent that contains organic peroxides, calcium peroxides, nitrogen dioxide, and chlorine. Some studies have shown that chemicals from the bleaching process remain in the flour and can be harmful to consumers that use it.

__**Who are the major producers of enriched bleached wheat flour?:**__ One of the most commonly used substances in any form of baking is flour. The major producers of enriched and blached flours are King Kaiser, Supreme High Gluten, Gold Medal Superlative, Big Loaf, Sureloaf, Harvest King, Sperry Blossoms, Remarkable, Golden Gate, All Trumps, Hi-Power Wheat Flour, and Medalla De Oro.

__**Other:**__ one cup of enriched bleached wheat flour contains 455 calories, 1.2 grams of fat, 12.9g of protein, 3mg of sodium, & 95.4g of carbohydrates.