Vita Spelt White Flour, 5-pounds

This Spelt flour is excellent I Love It!!!

Tastes great!! Makes really good cookies, rolls and pizza dough! Easier digestion!

***F.Y.I. SPELT IS NOT GLUTEN FREE - it is an ancient form of wheat and is still part of the genus Triticum. It just has a different ratio of the gluten components than modern wheat does. I say this first so it stands out, because I have seen so many spelt reviews talking about it being suitable for those with Coeliac disease or gluten intolerance. IT IS NOT. If you're after a decent GF flour that doesn't break the bank, I make my own using this blend, and add xanthan gum as needed :) It comes out at about $2.20/lb, rather than $6/lb for King Arthur GF flour at the supermarket/online. - 350 g potato starch - 300 g white rice flour - 200 g brown rice flour - 200 g sorghum flour Some of those with fructose malabsorption can tolerate spelt (as I can) because it has less fructans (a type of fibre) than modern wheat but this is a completely different compound than gluten, which is a protein.*** NOW, TO THE SPELT FLOUR. I love it. It makes baking reliable once more (although after 6 years of GF baking I've got the knack for it). I use this as a thickener in sauces, for baking cakes and breads, for pancakes and crepes - anything you might use normal wheat flour for, you can use this. While I still bake gluten free as I don't want to overload on the fructans I mentioned above, I will make a loaf of spelt bread (use Alton Brown's simple bread recipe from Good Eats) and it turns out beautifully - you just might need to tinker with the water/flour ratio but you can do that when you're kneading the dough. I highly recommend it.

My Favorite alternative flour ( to all-purpose wheat flour) hands down! I've tried handfuls of flour options in my life. This has gluten, but is (supposedly) easier for our bodies to digest. When I've tried other flours I consistently have come back to this one, so (for years now) this is my go to flour of choice! Because... 1) The taste is most similar (compared to "regular" A.P. flour) & it has a slightly sweet taste to it, 2) measuring conversions is most similar to AP flour (for like using a random recipe off the internet. It is not exactly 1:1, but its closest (vs other flours)). White spelt takes a bit more flour (than regular flour... like recipe calls for 1 cup AP, depending what the recipe is for you may need 1.25 cup spelt flour. While many other flours would need a lot more tweaking (wet to dry ingredient ratios)). Love this stuff! So grateful my mom knew of or found it to try so many years ago. I'm not allergic to wheat, I've got a "sensitivity" - so I realize this may not work for everyone out there needing to avoid wheat. But if you're not truly allergic to wheat but want to avoid it, this is a Great option!

Folks: I have had allergy to wheat since I got out of high school. Take my word for it, this is a long time. When I first found out, I would go shopping for something in the bread line and nothing to be found. So, I tried to find anything that I could eat, as I have always loved bread, so this was a crushing blow to my life. Finally one day, there was a loaf of frozen bread made from corn. I rushed home and I had to make some chili with pasta in it as I have always ate before this allergy thing. Well, what a crushing thing to get a bowl of the soup and sat down and I kept looking for the elbows in the chili and no where to be found. They were gone, not there anymore. I was heart broken. As the years went by more and more things came onto the market. I saw this spelt flour, and I wondered if it was like wheat, or could I eat it. So, after research, I found it was a part of the wheat family but some people like me could eat it without getting sick. Wow, I could not wait to try it, and it did not seem to bother me, so I would not eat it every day, but I would make it special and now I eat it anytime I want bread. I have been buying it baked but the quality slipped some, so my wife used to make it for me, but she was not an option now, so I got my own bread maker and am making it for myself and I love it. So, this spelt flour made a huge difference in my life and I cannot imagine my life without spelt flour. Vita Spelt is one I have been getting from for a long time, so a great choice, it has served me well over the years and I am sure I will buy a lot more in the future. Thank You Vita Spelt for being there for me. Bob

I was glad to find the packages mostly intact. One of the two 5lb bags was starting to leak flour and a small amount was inside the cardboard box. If they had been inside a plastic bag and had been packaged in a manner so they were not getting jostled around so much they wouldn't have started to leak. The packages appear to be wrinkled and creased like they had been tossed around quite a few times. If I had seen a package like that on a shelf in a store, I would avoid it. I'm not surprised another reviewer complained of the package failing leaving flour all inside the box. If your wanting to avoid using plastic, at least use a couple of strong paper bags to put your 5lb. bags into or enough packaging so things do not get beat up during transport.

Love this Spelt Flour. Great Quality and Value for your money. I use it for my everyday baking and love the fact that it's gluten free. Very easy to use in all of your baking.

I am very disappointed I could not get refund because it arrived with a hole in the flour bag. This is the second time it came damaged in a row. will not order this again!

This is not actually a 6 pack. In the process of getting a refund the vendors (BUYESQUARE) said there was a typo- that it was supposed to be almost $70 for a SINGLE bag of flour. I am glad they refunded the money as though it was actually a 6 pack and I was able to keep my flour. The flour is good. I ordered in March and expiry date is for Nov which is rather short though. Have tried to now purchase this through multiple vendors (THE BEST CA, Dotcom LLC, ⭐MALL OF CANADA⭐) who have only sent a single 5lb bag instead of the advertised pack of 6. All of them ended up refunding but I just want to get what is advertised. The flour is great, but all of these vendors sent flour with an expiry date within 6 months.