Do you know where regular flours come from? – Flours like all purpose flour, cake flour, etc. come from cereal grains, specifically from barley and rye. Barley and rye though have wheat in them; so if you’re allergic to wheat or avoiding high-carbohydrate wheat because you’re intolerant to yeast, then these common flours are not for you. Good to know though that there are many wheat free flour alternatives you can turn to.
Among the popular wheat-less flours are the following: rice flour, quinoa flour, corn flour, corn meal, flax seed meal, chia seed flour, oat flour, and buckwheat, millet, and potato flour. There are also tapioca flours and bean flours as well as pea flours you can buy from the market.
If you love eating baked goodies or just need to use flour in your cooking, then there’s no need to risk your health using wheat-based flours if you’re particularly intolerant to yeast, or wheat.
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