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Flour quality/price

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  • pawpurrs
    pawpurrs Posts: 3,910 Forumite
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    Forgot to add thats why its cheaper, the likes of mc dougals etc are pre sived and state no need to sift!
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    So we're paying for them to do the wrist action? Stuff that for a game of marbles :D
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  • doddsy
    doddsy Posts: 396 Forumite
    wow, if it's just cos its sieved then I'll try the value stuff today, I just couldn't see why it would be soo much more expensive just for the 'label'
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  • Smiley_Mum
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    doddsy wrote:
    wow, if it's just cos its sieved then I'll try the value stuff today, I just couldn't see why it would be soo much more expensive just for the 'label'

    Just need to sieve it in a fine sieve. It's probably just not finely milled like the other more expensive ones and not sifted so all you need is fine sieve and a bag of Value flour.
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  • bigmuffins
    bigmuffins Posts: 659 Forumite
    I use value flour all the time - I sieve all flour before use but haven't noticed any more 'bits' than the expensive brands. I am more than happy with the value brands and don't see the point in paying 50p/pack more for anything else!
  • narabanekeater
    narabanekeater Posts: 1,892 Forumite
    An option could be to stock up when its bogof at Tescos like it is at the moment (Dougalls)
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  • Trow
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    I use value flour always - I never have any 'bits' at the end, and I use a fairly fine plastic seive....

    I have to say, there would have to be a lot of bits to be worth almost three times the price.... I can't think two-thirds of the flour is too big for the seive...
  • Bossyboots
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    Trow wrote:
    I use value flour always - I never have any 'bits' at the end, and I use a fairly fine plastic seive....

    I have to say, there would have to be a lot of bits to be worth almost three times the price.... I can't think two-thirds of the flour is too big for the seive...


    The two bags I had with bits in were both bought on the same day so I am prepared to accept it was an unusual batch and I don't recall it happening before on the odd occasion I did sift. There were also a lot of bits, not just a handful and it led me to question the quality of the flour overall.

    I think I am persuaded to try another bag and see how I go with that. I had used it for years before this problem so I think it may have been a glitch in their processing.
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