Vitamin E, flour & sourdough
We don’t always use 100% wholemeal by any means here at the Sourdough School when we teach, but you would rarely ever find us baking a loaf without any wholemeal flour, not least because of the amazing flavours, fibre and extra nutrients wholemeal flour brings to sourdough loaves. One of those vitamins is the anti oxidant Vitamin E, found in the wheat germ. The germ is the part of the wheat kernel that actually germinates, in other words it is the part that turns into a plant. The majority of the kernel's fat is found in wheat germ. It is the most nutrient-rich part of the wheat. Although wheatgerm makes up only about 2.5% of the grain by weight, the wheat germ is a nutrient dense source of vitamins, minerals, fatty acids and fibre. Vitamin E is one of the...
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