Bulk buying bread flour?

Penny-Wise_4

I know a lot of us make home made bread - does anyone bulk buy flour? I don’t know where to get it from. I’ve tried doing a google search but haven’t found what I want. I’m really getting into making my own bread again & I want good quality stone ground unbleached white bread flour.

We go through a large loaf of bread every couple of days so can use 2-3kg of flour a week. OH eats sandwiches/toast for lunch & we also have bread with our dinner, esp. with stews, naans with curry, etc.

Now that the colder weather is coming & the risk of getting crawlies in my cupboard is reduced (& having got rid off all crawlies I had before :eek: ) I want to look into buying in sacks to see if it is any cheaper/better quality than that I can get at Tescos, etc.

thriftlady_2

I've looked into this Penny-wise.The only suppliers I managed to come up with were organic like Shipton Mill. They do supply in bulk but it was cheaper to buy it from Tesco :rolleyes: I just buy about 4 bags every week from Tesco and stick it in the freezer overnight to kill any .

Biddyrolo

I get mine from https://www.graigfarm.co.uk but I find the white flour doesn't have the oomph of others but the wholemeal has a lovely flavour. I'm still tweaking the recipe to get a loaf that rises nicely.

Thistle-down

Do you have a windmill or watermill nearby? Luckily I am within 3 miles of two that both sell organic flour in bulk - or just the wheat if you want to grind it yourself.

Gers

Penny-Wise wrote:

I know a lot of us make home made bread - does anyone bulk buy flour? I don’t know where to get it from. I’ve tried doing a google search but haven’t found what I want. I’m really getting into making my own bread again & I want good quality stone ground unbleached white bread flour.

We go through a large loaf of bread every couple of days so can use 2-3kg of flour a week. OH eats sandwiches/toast for lunch & we also have bread with our dinner, esp. with stews, naans with curry, etc.

Now that the colder weather is coming & the risk of getting crawlies in my cupboard is reduced (& having got rid off all crawlies I had before :eek: ) I want to look into buying in sacks to see if it is any cheaper/better quality than that I can get at Tescos, etc.

Think I may have mentioned them before http://www.fwpmatthews.co.uk/ - brilliant flour and brilliant delivery.

I get the organice white bread flour and the Cotswold Crunch and mix them together. All lovely tasty stuff. I'd never use anyone else now.

hope that helps.

jimbo_the_jetset

As I tend to use 500g of bread flour per loaf the small bags you get in the supermarket don't tend to last long. Any ideas where I might be able to get 5kg or 10kg bags? Or any recommended brands/websites?

Willowx

flourbin.com is good they do all types of flour as well as yeast herbs and other bits and bobs. The prices are good however delivery is a bit expensive (either £4.95 or £6.95 can't remember for sure) but this is for up to 28kg so if you can bulk buy this is actually quite cheap.

Hope this helps.

Willow

julbags

Wessex mill sell bulk flour:

http://www.wessexmill.co.uk/

A friend of mine gets all his flour from there and recommended it, I don't have masses of space to store flour but I and another friend shared a 10kg bag of wholemeal recently. I haven't actually got round to using it yet as I bought quite a bit of the Dove's farm wholemeal when it was first on at 60p.

Gingernutmeg

If you live near an Indian/Asian supermarket, you can often get huge bags of bread flour very cheaply.

Angelina-M

julbags wrote: »

Wessex mill sell bulk flour:

http://www.wessexmill.co.uk/

A friend of mine gets all his flour from there and recommended it, I don't have masses of space to store flour but I and another friend shared a 10kg bag of wholemeal recently. I haven't actually got round to using it yet as I bought quite a bit of the Dove's farm wholemeal when it was first on at 60p.

Another vote for wessexmills. I buy my wheat for home milling from them and it makes the bread rise brilliantly. (see my pic on the panasonic thread!)Customer service is brill as well.

Seakay

If you want organic flours in bulk then I can recommend Salkeld Mill as being very reliable:
http://www.organicmill.co.uk/shop1.htm