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Flour is the powdery substance created when a dry grain is pulverized. This is referred to as the milling process. The most common varieties of flour are made from wheat although any grain can be made into flour, including rice, oats, corn or barley.
All flours are composed largely from starch and protein, but wheat flour is distinctive in that it has very high levels of a class of proteins known collectively as gluten (8 - 14%). When a dough is made from wheat flour and water, the gluten develops into a thick, cohesive, elastic mass.