"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Bruce wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, 25 Jul 2017 06:49:24 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>>
>> >Bruce wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Ingredients
>> >> ... Bleached Wheat Flour ...
>> >
>> >> I don't know what kind of idiot bleaches wheat, but other than that
>> >> not bad.
>> >
>> >Sounds to me like a fancier way to describe plain old white
>> >flour. (?)
>>
>> I think the word 'bleached' suggests a processing step.
>
> I agree with you. Plain old wheat flour will be
> yellowish/brownish in color. Bleaching that to white is the extra
> processing step. Why they do that, I have no idea. Maybe to make
> it more visually appealing?
>
> Plain flour here is always bleached and very white.

That's not plain. That's bleached. Look at the bags next time. There is
unbleached. You can buy it.