Is bread flour high-gluten flour?

Many people have a question, that is, the bread flour and high-gluten flour we often see in life, why are there no differences in appearance! Or in the process of making bread, can the two be completely interchangeable? In fact, there are certain differences between bread flour and high-gluten flour. Now let us understand the difference between bread flour and high-gluten flour.

In fact, many people confuse bread flour and high-gluten flour when making bread. Although there is not much difference between the two, there are still certain differences in their scope of application. Therefore, you should pay attention to these issues when making bread.

Bread flour, made from durum wheat, has a high gluten content, generally controlled between 32.5 and 34.0%. The gluten has good quality, great toughness, good elasticity, and large bubble volume. Abroad, it has developed special flour for white bread, special flour for hamburgers, special flour for fried bread, etc.

The classification of high-gluten flour and low-gluten flour is related to the amount of protein contained in the flour. The protein content of high-gluten flour is above 10%, and the protein content of low-gluten flour is 6.5~8.5%. The protein content near the outer skin of the wheat kernel is higher than that near the center. Hard wheat has a high protein content and is generally used to produce high-gluten flour; soft wheat is used to produce low-gluten flour.

Bread flour is a special flour for bread. In addition to meeting the protein requirements (gluten) of bread, other nutritional regulators (additives) that are beneficial to bread are also added. It is generally only used to process bread and is also suitable for bread.

High-gluten flour has a high protein (gluten) content. In addition to being used to make bread, it can also be used to make noodles, dumplings, pizza, etc.

After understanding some introductions about bread flour and high-gluten flour, now everyone should know how to eat bread flour or high-gluten flour correctly! Although the difference between the two is not very obvious, the method of eating still needs to be particular, because only in this way can the bread made be more delicious.