white flour

American  

[wahyt flau^uhr, flau-er, hwahyt] / ˈwaɪt ˌflaʊər, ˌflaʊ ər, ˈʰwaɪt /

noun

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

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white flour British  

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

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white flour

Most cereals are loaded with sugars and use white flour from refined grains, which strips them of high-quality fiber.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 21, 2026

Meanwhile, the perversion of ordinary goods to serve a fully militarized state is encapsulated in the difficulty the boy has in finding white flour: None is available because it’s being used to stanch wounds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

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 ● Mar. 6, 2024

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

From Salon ● Feb. 29, 2024

Those who could afford it ate bread and biscuits made with white flour and made mash for the chickens with the brown.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck