Allinsons flour

Justamum

Anyone else under the impression, like I was, that Allinsons flour was stoneground? They have cryptic wording like "traditionally milled", but roller milling came in in the 1870s I think, so by the time Allinsons was founded in 1895 they might have considered that to be traditional. As stoneground is healthier I'm not buying their flour again.

sproggi

Hi,

I don't buy Allinsons, but if it is all produced in Castleford, then it would appear that it is still stoneground:

http://www.castleford.org/history/cas051.html

hth

Sproggi

sproggi

Hmmm, a bit more investigation turns up this comment from them:
'First, we clean it to remove impurities such as straw or dust, and then it's passed through rollers to break the grain open. The crushed grain is then repeatedly rolled until the very best Allinson Wholemeal flour is produced.'

Now totally confused.

I suppose the only way to be sure of getting the Stoneground flour, would be if you could buy direct from the Castleford mill ?!

Sproggi

Justamum

I e-mailed them and their reply was -

"I can confirm that our flour is roller-milled".

sproggi

Thanks for that.

They certainly don't want to make it easy to find out the correct information, even their own site appears to contradict itself!!!

Sproggi

Sugar_Junkie

To be honest I don't see how any of the supermarket available flours can still be traditionally stoneground. It just wouldn't be profitable enough for them and we all know how they like their profits. If you really want proper flour I recommend Shipton Mill. They do mail order and I believe now have an online shop too http://www.shipton-mill.com

Justamum

Sugar_Junkie wrote: »

To be honest I don't see how any of the supermarket available flours can still be traditionally stoneground. It just wouldn't be profitable enough for them and we all know how they like their profits. If you really want proper flour I recommend Shipton Mill. They do mail order and I believe now have an online shop too http://www.shipton-mill.com

I think you can buy Shipton Mill from our local health food shop - I'll have to check that. They sell Marriage's flour which I think is organic and stoneground. I'll have to check. TBH I keep forgetting to buy flour in the health food shop because things are usually much more expensive in there.

Has anyone tried using spelt flour? I made some bread this morning using some and it doesn't half rise fast! I put it to rise in the tins, and when I went to check (much earlier than I would for my regular flour) it had spilled over the sides, so I had to knock it back and put it back in the tins. I hope it turns out ok and isn't full of holes like a Swiss cheese!

Justamum

sproggi wrote: »

Thanks for that.

They certainly don't want to make it easy to find out the correct information, even their own site appears to contradict itself!!!

Sproggi

I think they have made the website and their packaging deliberately vague.

kethry

if it says on the packaging "stoneground" then its stoneground. if it doesn't, then it ain't. i think the rules are quite strict on that kind of thing.

I've just checked in the kitchen (i make my own bread) and the brown flour i buy is tescos own.. you can buy either normal brown flour or stoneground brown flour, the two are quite different (and the stoneground is more expensive).

HTH

keth
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