We at Great Harvest believe in providing customers with awesome tasting products. Not only do our products taste better than the average baked goods, but also, our freshly milled whole grain wheat flour assures that we’re delivering nutritional value. Studies show that the fresher foods are (such as milled grains, and vegetables and fruits) the better they are nutritionally.
All of our products are made from scratch – no mixes or frozen dough. We mill our whole wheat flour fresh daily on a stone mill. Whole wheat kernels are poured into one end of the mill and come out the other end as 100% whole wheat flour. There is absolutely no separation of flour components; nothing added or taken out - just pure fresh flour from the whole grain.
We’ve always known fresh ground flour tastes better. We’ve even done lots of blind taste tests just to prove what we’ve know intuitively all along! Now we know the fresh flour is better nutritionally as well. When a kernel of wheat is milled, all parts of the flour start to oxidize as they’re exposed to the air – the germ, which contains free fatty acids, is particularly vulnerable to this oxidation. Simply put, if milled whole wheat flour is not used fresh, it goes rancid. Using our flour within a day after its milled assures that the nutritive value of our products is the best it can be. The USDA has recommended eating six ounces of grains each day and to "Make Half Your Grains Whole". At Great Harvest, we agree! We also believe that eating healthy should taste great and that the best taste comes from the freshest ingredients. That's why we fresh grind our flour everyday! You will taste the difference in breads made with the freshest, most flavorful ingredients and you'll benefit from superior whole grain nutrition.
All parts of the grain are present in whole grains. The wheat kernel consists of three parts: the bran, the germ and the endosperm. The bran is fiber rich! Fiber helps keep your digestive system healthy. Many studies have shown that diets high in fiber may help decrease the risk of heart disease, diabetes and some forms of cancer. The bran also contains B-vitamins, antioxidants and 50 percent of the grain’s minerals!
The small but powerful germ is full of many B vitamins, vitamin E, some protein and healthy unsaturated fats.
The endosperm is mostly starchy carbohydrates, proteins and small amounts of B vitamins.
You can see that by removing any part of the kernel you would be missing out on a lot of valuable nutrition. In fact, the processing of white flour removes 25 percent of the protein and 17 key nutrients. By keeping all three parts in our fresh milled flour, all the nutrients work together to create awesome tasting breads that may reduce your risk of chronic diseases and play a role in weight management.
We invite you to come and taste “the whole grain difference” at your nearest Great Harvest bakery and get the added benefit of whole fresh food nutrition!
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