Can flour be refrigerated?

In our daily life, flour is very useful. It can be used to make pasta, buns, bread, dumplings, etc. Many delicacies require flour.

We all know that flour is not easy to preserve, especially in summer, when flour is prone to insects. Many people wonder if flour can be placed in the refrigerator.

The following describes whether flour can be stored in the refrigerator.

How to prevent flour from insects

The main pests that grow in flour are: wheat moth, mealworm, and storage pests such as rice weevil and flour beetle.

To prevent insects from entering flour, you can wrap a small bag of Sichuan peppercorns in a flour bag, tie the bag tightly, and place it in a cool place to effectively prevent insects.

There are many ways to prevent rice from insects. One is to put kelp, ginger or garlic in the rice bag (jar); the other is to prepare a small bottle with a large mouth and a plastic cover, and punch some small holes in the bottle cover.

, pour an appropriate amount of white wine into the bottle, then cover the bottle and place it in the rice jar. Both methods can prevent or kill insects.

Of course, it is very convenient to buy food now. Buying less each time can save the trouble of storage.

Why does flour have insects?

(1) The raw material of flour: wheat. Wheat will be infested with insects during storage and transportation. This is a natural phenomenon. The insects that live are collectively called grain pests, which can be divided into moths (flying insects) and beetles (crawling insects).

Category 2. Its characteristics are small size and concealment. There are adults and eggs on the raw materials. The biological life cycle of insects includes: egg, larva, pupa, and adult. Adults lay eggs. Those who have studied insects know

of. Insects on the raw materials are the main source.

(2) After years of operation, the equipment and buildings of flour production factories have many cracks and corners, which will be infested with insects over time. Equivalent to expanding from the raw material library

Scattered at the production site. Eggs or live worms caught in the cracks of the equipment can enter the newly produced flour.

Flour production cannot completely break the eggs because the eggs are too small. The sifting in the flour mill can remove live worms and large worm fragments, but it is difficult to remove eggs because the eggs are too

Too small.

The flour sold on the market is infested with insects. If it is packaged normally and the bag is not damaged, it means that there are insect eggs in the flour. When commercial flour is in a certain temperature and humidity environment,

It will get bugs. What comes out are larvae (usually fleshy worms) and grown adults.

Summary: Worms are the presence of eggs. Insects that live in flour can generally be called grain pests. Specific insects include red flour beetle, Indian grain moth, powdery mildew moth, tobacco beetle, and flour beetle.

Should flour be stored in the refrigerator or refrigerated?

Flour cannot be placed in the refrigerator. Flour is dry and will easily absorb moisture and become lumps if placed in the refrigerator.

How to store flour:

1. Put the flour in a clean and sealed container, then wrap the peppercorns with breathable gauze and put them into the container.

2. Soak a piece of paper in pepper water, then dry it and place it on the flour to prevent the flour from getting infested with insects.

3. Storing flour in a sealed plastic bag will prevent it from getting infested with insects or mold.