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Bread Flour (Bromated)

The bread flour shall be milled from classes of hard red spring, hard red winter, or hard white wheat, preferably bleached.

ANALYTICAL REQUIREMENTS-

The bread flour shall conform to the following detailed chemical and physical requirements:

  Minimum Maximum
Protein
Moisture, %
Ash, % 1/
Calcium, mg/lb.
Vitamin A palmitate, IU/lb.
Bromated (PPM)
Falling Number 1/
10.5
--
--
500
10,000
30
200
--
14.0
0.54
1,017
12,000
60
--

1/ Prior to calcium enrichment

PACKAGING

The bread flour shall be packaged in 50 kilogram woven polypropylene bags.

Source: USDA:FSA:PDD:EOB July, 2002 (Contact 202-690-3565)


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