Whole-wheat flour (in the US) or
wholemeal flour (in the UK) is a
powdery substance, a basic food ingredient, derived by
grinding or mashing the
whole grain of
wheat, also known as the
wheatberry. Whole-wheat flour is used in
baking of breads and other baked goods, and also typically mixed with other lighter "white" unbleached or bleached
flours (that have been treated with
flour bleaching agent(s)) to restore nutrients to the white flours (especially
fiber,
protein, and
vitamins), texture, and body that are lost in
milling and other processing to the finished baked goods or other food(s).