How to Tell If Flour Has Gone Bad
Learn how to determine if your flour is still fresh and safe to use by using your senses, especially smell.
Ingredients
Instructions
- Check the smell of the flour. It should have a neutral scent, and if it smells funky, it might be bad.
- For white flour, look for a cardboard-like smell which indicates staleness.
- Whole wheat flour may smell like crayons when rancid due to its fat content.
- If any dark specs, clumps that don’t break apart, or a change in color is noticeable, discard the flour.
Nutrition
(*Nutrition data is approximate and may vary depending on the brand and type of ingredients used.)
- kcal: 0
- fat: 0 g
- sats: 0 g
- carbs: 0 g
- fibre: 0 g
- protein: 0 g
- salt: 0 g