How Can ALSHERRS Whole Wheat Flour Be Alive?
How can we claim that our whole wheat flour is alive? Well, in fact if you tried to plant the flour, of course it would not grow. The grain has been broken down into flour so therefore the natural growing process will not occur. However, if you were to look at our whole wheat flour closely under a microscope, you would see a drastic difference in the shape of our whole wheat flour particles compared to the shape of traditional stone ground flour. The enzymes, the germ, the bran and the endosperm are still intact and very recognizable. They continue to exist preserved and undamaged. The preservation of the vitamins and minerals in their naturally occurring state is critical to the shelf life of our Alive Foods™ Whole Wheat Flour. With conventional grinding, the naturally occurring oils in the wheat germ are released in the “crushing” or “grinding” process. The “fresh” smell of ground wheat is caused from oils being released from the wheat. Those oils, if not consumed immediately, cause
