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I just want to make sure everyone understands they are paying a premium here for the Organic® label, which confers nothing of quality or value whatsoever.
A 15 lb bag of King Arthur's bread flour is $9.99 at my Costco. It isn't on sale, that is the everyday price. That's $0.66 / lb versus this at $1.29 / lb.
Just to know the flour is organic, you will pay more that double.
It depends what you want to do. If you want a specific bread or cake flour, King Arthur's is the best. If you're baking cookies, it doesn't matter where you buy the all purpose flour from. Generic works. If you're baking biscuits, highly recommend White Lily biscuit flour.
King Arthur 100 percent organic bread flour is framed as a reliable, shelf stable flour that behaves the way bread and cake recipes expect. It is praised as a standard choice for specific baking needs, while generic all purpose flour is seen as fine for cookies and White Lily as the better pick for biscuits. The main drawback is value, since the organic label is treated as a premium that pushes the price well above conventional flour and several Costco or Kirkland alternatives. Shipping damage is also a concern if the bag arrives leaking.
Bakers making bread or cake recipes, because this flour behaves like a reliable shelf-stable standard that reacts exactly as recipes expect.
King Arthur is a strong choice when you need a specific bread or cake flour and want consistent results. For cookies, generic all-purpose flour is fine, and for biscuits White Lily biscuit flour is recommended; Ardent Mills and Kirkland Organic bread flour are also mentioned as lower-cost alternatives.
The organic label adds cost without improving baking value for many shoppers: this 80-oz bag works out to about $1.29/lb, versus Costco's everyday $0.66/lb for a 15-lb King Arthur bread flour bag. It is still a reliable, shelf-stable bread flour that behaves predictably in recipes, but the organic markup is substantial.
No. USDA-certified organic crop production does not allow glyphosate, though organic farms can still use other herbicides and pesticides that are permitted under organic rules, such as vinegar- or clove-oil-based products.
The packaging can take a beating in Amazon shipping, and a torn bag could spill flour into the shipping container. If the bag arrives intact, the deal is straightforward; if leakage is a concern, that risk may outweigh the savings.
I'm just concerned about the packaging taking a beating from Amazon shipping and handling. In the end not worth the trouble if at least half spills into the shipping container.
It seems like everything from Amazon is improperly packed and padded or shipped in a thick paper bag that provides no protection to the packaging of the contents. I got a box of band-aids that were crushed in one of those thick paper bags last week. It was refunded and I kept the product. Contact them and press them.
Nope. You made that up. And it concerns me you don't seem to know what you're talking about because glyphosate isn't a pesticide, it's an herbicide...
Organic produce uses pesticides, and herbicides, of far greater toxicity than conventional produce.
Bacillus thuringiensis, Spinosad, Pyrethrins, Copper Sulfate, Sulfur, and neem oil, just off the top of my head are all approved for use on organic produce.
USDA-certified organic crop production does not allow glyphosate. USDA specifically lists glyphosate as prohibited for organic crop production.
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Organic farms can use certain herbicides, but they have to be substances permitted under organic rules—for example, some products based on vinegar or clove oil. �
AMS
So the distinction is:
Organic uses herbicides and pesticides, but not glyphosate.
Know the basics, or the semantics? I think the fact that they *falsely* said it contained no pesticides, and later edited the comment to say no herbicides, 👏when it does in fact contain BOTH 👏 in greater quantities and ranking much higher on The Hodge and Sterner Scale.
USDA-certified organic crop production does not allow glyphosate. USDA specifically lists glyphosate as prohibited for organic crop production. �
AMS +1
Organic farms can use certain herbicides, but they have to be substances permitted under organic rules—for example, some products based on vinegar or clove oil. �
AMS
So the distinction is:
Organic uses herbicides and pesticides, but not glyphosate.
USDA-certified organic crop production does not allow glyphosate. USDA specifically lists glyphosate as prohibited for organic crop production. �AMS +1Organic farms can use certain herbicides, but they have to be substances permitted under organic rules—for example, some products based on vinegar or clove oil. �AMSSo the distinction isrganic uses herbicides and pesticides, but not glyphosate.
No one said it used glyphosate. I said it used herbicides and pesticides of a far higher toxicity and in much higher quantity. Because they do.
While we're (you're) discussing glyphosate, did you know that every entity that ever studied it affirmed it was safe, and that IIRC did not conduct any of their own studies or even handle the chemical in any way when they decided it wasn't safe? You should really read the report yourself. Convincing a California jury that something causes cancer doesn't actually make it a carcinogen.
I'm just concerned about the packaging taking a beating from Amazon shipping and handling. In the end not worth the trouble if at least half spills into the shipping container.
it's amazon.. expect it to be beat to shitttttt when you get it.
I just want to make sure everyone understands they are paying a premium here for the Organic® label, which confers nothing of quality or value whatsoever.
A 15 lb bag of King Arthur's bread flour is $9.99 at my Costco. It isn't on sale, that is the everyday price. That's $0.66 / lb versus this at $1.29 / lb.
Just to know the flour is organic, you will pay more that double.
quite good actually. never had a problem for the past 50 years.
Give it another 25 son. All the toxins, injuries and bad habits catch up with you in the mid-70's. No escaping toxins though...the most polluted plases on Earth are the poles (wind currents). Hearsay RoundUp is good for you.
Give it another 25 son. All the toxins, injuries and bad habits catch up with you in the mid-70's. No escaping toxins though...the most polluted plases on Earth are the poles (wind currents). Hearsay RoundUp is good for you.
someone told me the same exact thing 25 years ago, and here i am, being told to wait another 25 years. and another...
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A 15 lb bag of King Arthur's bread flour is $9.99 at my Costco. It isn't on sale, that is the everyday price. That's $0.66 / lb versus this at $1.29 / lb.
Just to know the flour is organic, you will pay more that double.
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King Arthur 100 percent organic bread flour is framed as a reliable, shelf stable flour that behaves the way bread and cake recipes expect. It is praised as a standard choice for specific baking needs, while generic all purpose flour is seen as fine for cookies and White Lily as the better pick for biscuits. The main drawback is value, since the organic label is treated as a premium that pushes the price well above conventional flour and several Costco or Kirkland alternatives. Shipping damage is also a concern if the bag arrives leaking.
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Organic produce uses pesticides, and herbicides, of far greater toxicity than conventional produce.
Bacillus thuringiensis, Spinosad, Pyrethrins, Copper Sulfate, Sulfur, and neem oil, just off the top of my head are all approved for use on organic produce.
AMS +1
Organic farms can use certain herbicides, but they have to be substances permitted under organic rules—for example, some products based on vinegar or clove oil. �
AMS
So the distinction is:
Organic uses herbicides and pesticides, but not glyphosate.
AMS +1
Organic farms can use certain herbicides, but they have to be substances permitted under organic rules—for example, some products based on vinegar or clove oil. �
AMS
So the distinction is:
Organic uses herbicides and pesticides, but not glyphosate.
While we're (you're) discussing glyphosate, did you know that every entity that ever studied it affirmed it was safe, and that IIRC did not conduct any of their own studies or even handle the chemical in any way when they decided it wasn't safe? You should really read the report yourself. Convincing a California jury that something causes cancer doesn't actually make it a carcinogen.
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A 15 lb bag of King Arthur's bread flour is $9.99 at my Costco. It isn't on sale, that is the everyday price. That's $0.66 / lb versus this at $1.29 / lb.
Just to know the flour is organic, you will pay more that double.
quite good actually. never had a problem for the past 50 years.
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