Flour

vfairbrass

I am new to this forum so apologies if this has been answered elsewhere. I do a lot of baking and wonder if there is any difference between the various brands of flour. Is it OK just to use the cheapest own brand?

davsidipp

i have tried dearer brands and cheaper own brands and to be honest there is no difference .

C1aire

I use Tesco's own brand flour as at about 27p, it's not that bad and my cakes always turn out fine. I use better quality flour for bread though.

I too would be interested to know if anyone has tried anything more expensive and had different results...

thriftlady_2

I do a lot of baking and I use Tesco value plain and self-raising flour for cakes and biscuits. It's absolutely fine I use Tesco own brand strong white, and strong wholemeal flour for breadmaking, and that's fine too.

I think with baking the ingredient you have to pay attention to for the best flavour is the fat. Butter will always win Tesco value butter is fine for baking too.