How to tell if your flour is fresh, plus the scoop on storing it.
How long does flour last, just sitting there in your pantry?
And if all-purpose flourdoesspoil, how do you know when it’s time to replace your stash?
Andy Christensen
Is All-Purpose Flour Shelf Stable?
Let’s start with the basics.
However, theFSISalso notes that, “All foods eventually spoil if not preserved.”
Simply Recipes / Lori Rice
The same is true of flour, which can go bad.
These changes limit the amount of gluten that can be formed."
“Fresh flour should have little fragrance but will smell like fresh, clean grain.”
Sally Vargas
The shelf life of all-purpose flour is longer than whole wheat or other whole grain flours.
And the germ is what contains oils that go rancid faster.
