Editing Cereal (section)

=== Flour-based foods ===

{{main|Flour}}

[[File:Various grains.jpg|thumb|Various cereals and their products]]

Cereals can be [[Mill (grinding)|ground]] to make flour. [[Wheat flour]] is the main ingredient of [[bread]] and [[pasta]].<ref name="Vaclavik Christian 2008">{{cite book |last1=Vaclavik |first1=Vickie A. |last2=Christian |first2=Elizabeth W. |title=Essentials of Food Science |chapter=Grains: Cereal, Flour, Rice, and Pasta |publisher=Springer New York |publication-place=New York |date=2008 |isbn=978-0-387-69939-4 |doi=10.1007/978-0-387-69940-0_6 |pages=81–105}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The history of flour - The FlourWorld Museum Wittenburg – Flour Sacks of the World |url=https://flour-art-museum.de/english/background-and-culture/history-of-flour.php |access-date=30 August 2022 |website=flour-art-museum.de |archive-date=27 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227214328/https://flour-art-museum.de/english/background-and-culture/history-of-flour.php |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="FAO Wheat for bread">{{cite web |last1=Peña |first1=R. J. |title=Wheat for bread and other foods |url=http://www.fao.org/docrep/006/y4011e/y4011e0w.htm |publisher=[[Food and Agriculture Organization]] |access-date=30 August 2022 |quote=Wheat, in the form of bread, provides more nutrients to the world population than any other single food source. |archive-date=27 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127205040/http://www.fao.org/docrep/006/y4011e/y4011e0w.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Maize flour has been important in [[Mesoamerica]] since ancient times, with foods such as Mexican [[tortilla]]s and [[tamale]]s.{{sfn|Davidson|2014|pp=516–517 Mexico}} Rye flour is a constituent of bread in central and northern Europe,<ref name="Medieval Rye">{{cite web |title=Medieval Daily Bread Made of Rye |url=https://www.medieval.eu/medieval-daily-bread-made-rye/ |website=Medieval Histories |access-date=8 February 2024 |date=15 January 2017 |quote=Sources: Råg. Article in ''Kulturhistorisk leksikon for Nordisk Middelalder''. Rosenkilde and Bagger 1982.}}</ref> while [[rice flour]] is common in Asia.{{sfn|Davidson|2014|p=682 Rice}}

A cereal grain consists of starchy [[endosperm]], [[Cereal germ|germ]], and [[bran]]. Wholemeal flour contains all of these; white flour is without some or all of the germ or bran.<ref name="Better Health"/>{{sfn|Davidson|2014|pp=315–316 Flour}}