white flour
noun
: a type of flour that is widely used in cooking, baking, etc., and that is made from wheat
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Dinner could include refined-grain white flour pasta with high-sugar tomato sauce, followed by ultraprocessed cookies or cake — all plant-based, but none good for your brain’s health.
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Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2026
Bread flour, whole wheat flour, all‑purpose white flour, masa, purple cornmeal, medium‑ground yellow cornmeal, plain fine cornmeal, semolina flour, barley flour, and sorghum flour.
—Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
Replace bread and pasta made with refined white flour with whole-grain alternatives.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 27 Feb. 2026
Additionally, sprouted whole grain bread is significantly higher in blood pressure-regulating minerals, such as magnesium, than bread made with refined white flour.
—Jillian Kubala, Health, 17 Feb. 2026
Brown rice instead of white rice, steel-cut oats instead of instant oatmeal, breads with whole grains instead of white flour.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 16 Jan. 2026
Most dessert breads contain refined white flour and sweeteners.
—Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 8 Dec. 2025
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Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2026
Bread flour, whole wheat flour, all‑purpose white flour, masa, purple cornmeal, medium‑ground yellow cornmeal, plain fine cornmeal, semolina flour, barley flour, and sorghum flour.
—Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
Replace bread and pasta made with refined white flour with whole-grain alternatives.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 27 Feb. 2026
Additionally, sprouted whole grain bread is significantly higher in blood pressure-regulating minerals, such as magnesium, than bread made with refined white flour.
—Jillian Kubala, Health, 17 Feb. 2026
Brown rice instead of white rice, steel-cut oats instead of instant oatmeal, breads with whole grains instead of white flour.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 16 Jan. 2026
Most dessert breads contain refined white flour and sweeteners.
—Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 8 Dec. 2025
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“White flour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/white%20flour. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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