white flour

[ wahyt flouuhr, flou-er, hwahyt ]

noun

1. refined and often bleached wheat flour that has been processed to remove all or most of the bran and germ.

white flour

noun

1. flour that consists substantially of the starchy endosperm of wheat, most of the bran and the germ having been removed by the milling process

Example Sentences

The Western diet consists of high levels of refined carbohydrates -- foods processed in ways that typically remove much of their nutritional value, such as white flour, table sugar, and ingredients in many packaged snacks.

From Science Daily

White bread, sugary drinks, jams, sweets, white rice, white flour, crackers and fruit juice are examples of these foods.

From Salon

“I think that people who eat white flour, white rice, de-germinated corn — in other words, grains that have had part of their nutrients taken away — are coming up short,” Mr. Moore said in 2017 in an interview for an Oregon State University oral history.

From New York Times

When it comes to flour, there's a lot of fancy options, but the best for challah is just regular, white flour.

From Salon

People who’ve had bariatric surgery sometimes continue to overindulge in highly processed foods, those made from white flour, sugar, butter, and the like, even if it means later enduring vomiting and diarrhea.

From Scientific American