Product Description
Ingredients: oat flakes
Packaged in a facility that also processes soy, gluten, celery, mustard, and sesame seeds. Contains gluten!
Oats are a highly valuable grain, rich in protein and fiber. It preserves its nutritional values even after flaking and grinding. It is versatile and can easily substitute lower-fiber wheat flour, although it is not suitable for making bread and yeast doughs.
Importance, impacts:
Oat flour contains less starch and more fiber, protein, and fat compared to other cereal flours, which results in a slower and less pronounced increase in blood sugar levels (lower glycemic index). Therefore, it is recommended to replace refined flour with oat flour in case of blood sugar issues.
Thanks to its high fiber content, oat flour helps prevent constipation and reduces the risk of developing colon cancer, while the water-soluble fibers called beta-glucans play an important role in reducing blood cholesterol levels.
Not recommended for people with gluten sensitivity! Oats and products made from them do not contain gluten, but they are often grown and processed together with wheat, rye, barley, so they can easily be contaminated with gluten. If you have gluten sensitivity, it is advisable to buy oat flour labeled as gluten-free.
Usage:
Oat flour is suitable for making desserts, pancakes, cookies, pizza dough, and pie crusts, but for yeast doughs and bread it is better to mix it with other flours (such as durum wheat flour) because oat flour alone cannot produce as loose and elastic dough as we are used to with wheat flour. It can be used for breading, thickening, and in patties as well.