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by MycroftJones 2814 days ago
Where can you buy these atta ramen? In Canada, any wheat flour that isn't atta, has various "enrichments" added in, such as ferrous sulfate and B vitamin complexes which mess with your appetite and inflame your intestines.
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To the downvoters: please review e.g. Ch. 6: "Flour Technology and Dough Conditioners" of Michel Suas' classic textbook "Advanced Bread and Pastry". Or check the Technical Data Sheet of your local flour producer, you will find i.a. niacin, iron in some complex, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin and folic acid additives.
This DanBC has poor comprehension, I specified that IN CANADA, whole wheat flour is free of enrichments. By law. Any grain product that isn't whole grain, is enriched. By law. I reached out to CFIA (Canada Food Inspection Agency) which is in charge of such things, and they told me what the regulations are.
People aren't downvoting for the contents of the flour, but for i) the claim that these "inflame your intestines" and ii) the claim that whole wheat noodles don't contain these same additives.
In Canada, whole wheat flour doesn't contain these additives. I spoke to the CFIA (Canada Food Inspection Agency) and they told me their rules and regulations. Whole wheat doesn't have additives, anything else does. America may be a different story, but I don't live there.