A Guide to 6 Common Wheat Flour Types and Production

Nowadays, people's requirements for flour products are getting higher and higher. In order to meet people's consumer needs, manufacturers have begun to use flour machinery for production. Flour processing machinery manufacturers have begun to continuously introduce new technologies, carry out technological innovations, and improve the production efficiency of flour mills. The overall development level of the flour machinery industry has risen rapidly in recent years. Under this background, more and more investors plan to establish a flour mill to start their business blueprint.

For establishing a wheat flour mill plant, you must understand the type of wheat flour to be produced. There are many kinds of wheat flour recognized in the world. The following ABC Machinery will take you to understand their classification and use, and tell you how to choose the right cost-effective and high-quality flour processing equipment. Hope to give you some guidance and advice on your business plan.

The Classifications of Wheat Flour

• All-purpose flour:

This is a kind of wheat flour that is most widely used around the world. It is grinded from the wheat kernel (endosperm) that is separated from bran and germ in the wheat milling process. As this kind of wheat flour is manufactured from the mixture of hard wheat and soft wheat, therefore it is called “all purpose”. It is usually used to make cakes, yeast breads, cookies, pastries, many types of Chinese food, etc.

In China, all-purpose wheat flour is also classified into Grade 1, Grade 2, Standard and Plain Wheat Flour.

All purpose flour contains a lot of nutrient elements, such as iron, Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B (folic acid) and niacin.
 

• Bread flour:

As its name indicates, this kind of wheat flour is mainly for baking bread. Depending on protein content, bread flour is divided into high gluten flour, plain flour and low gluten flour. High gluten flour contains >35% of wet gluten, plain flour contains 28%-34%, while low gluten flour contains <28%. Traditionally bread making adopted high gluten wheat flour.

• Cake flour:

Cake flour is specialized for making cakes. It meets the following requirements: moisture content does not excess 14%, wet gluten content between 22% and 24%, can go through CB42 sieve, etc. In fact, cake flour also belongs to low gluten flour (gluten content<28%), since in the concocting of cake batter, protein will absorb the moist in flour and form gluten; as a result, the forming degree of gluten determines the quality of cakes.

If the forming degree of gluten is insufficient, it may cause low strength of cake frame, and the low strength is not enough to stand the starch, sugar, etc. in raw material; as a result, cake structure will be dense, not in loose structure, and the volume is small. If the gluten forming degree is too high, the gluten will capture the water in eggs, and the cake structure will be rigid and not soft.

High-quality Flour Produced by Wheat Flour Mill Machine

• Cookie flour:

The flour for making cookie requires low elasticity, tenacity and extensibility of gluten, but plasticity must be good. Therefore low gluten wheat flour and plain flour are good choices for making cookies.

• Whole wheat flour:

This kind of wheat flour is milled from the whole kernel of wheat, which means before flour milling, the endosperm is not separated from bran (different from all-purpose wheat flour). Because of the existence of bran and no additives like gluten fortifier or brightener, whole wheat flour is much healthier than all-purpose wheat flour.

• Self-rising flour:

The self-rising flour is a kind of all-purpose flour that has been added certain amount of additive which can produce gas (usually yeast powder or other raising agents). It is much more convenient to use at home or field working.
 

There are in fact some other types of wheat flours. No matter which type of wheat flour you want to produce, we can offer you the complete wheat flour production plan. Contact us to get more details.

Correctly Select Flour Processing Machinery to Establish Flour Mill

It is wise to choose flour processing machinery with good economy. Investors should not only consider the purchase price when purchasing flour machinery, but also consider from a long-term perspective whether the equipment is well-used, whether the equipment is frequently maintained, etc., because the quality and performance of cheaper machinery is not necessarily good.After purchase, it may consume a lot of raw materials, high energy consumption, and more trouble maintenance costs, especially some parts of the machine have short lifespans, high maintenance costs, and the flour machine itself is easily damaged and consumed. These factors may cause the use cost of the whole flour processing machinery to increase greatly. After comprehensive consideration, the result of purchasing such equipment is not economical.

Use the Flour Machine Produced by ABC Machinery to Process Different Types of Flour

Therefore, investors should not only pay attention to the amount of one-time investment in the purchase of flour machinery. In fact, the later costs are not small. Investors should consider the economics of purchasing the equipment, on the premise that the technical requirements, quality requirements and performance requirements are met, the quality of the flour processed in this way is of high quality. Then, as far as possible, choose the cheap flour processing equipment, and consider the freight and other cost factors.
 

Wheat Flour Milling Machine With Different Output Produced by ABC Machinery

From the perspective of market development, there are currently a large number of flour machinery and equipment manufacturers, but there are very few companies that have core technologies, which has affected the overall development level of the flour machinery and equipment industry. As a manufacturer and supplier with senior experience in the flour manufacturing industry, the flour processing equipment produced by ABC Machinery has been well received by customers. We can design the corresponding flour processing plan according to your needs. The above is a complete set of small flour equipment produced by ABC Machinery.

ABC Machinery is a modern flour processing equipment manufacturer integrating production, sales and service. We have modern equipment production plants and rich installation experience, and can customize flour processing equipment for you. ABC Machinery is the source of equipment, and the equipment prices are preferential. Investors can purchase high-quality and low-cost flour machines to process various types of flour products, thereby reducing equipment costs. If you have any questions about selecting flour processing equipment, you can fill in the message form below to consult ABC Machinery, we will reply you within 24 hours.