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FOLIC ACID
Remember - it's not just bread, & packets of flour & cereal.
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8. Takeaways, Fast Food & Restaurant Foods
Pizza (almost all)
Burgers & hot dogs (buns)
Fried chicken (batter/coating — KFC-style, etc.)
Fish & chips (batter)
Chinese takeaway: sweet & sour (batter), spring rolls, sesame prawn toast, noodles, dumplings (many wrappers), fried rice (sometimes)
Indian takeaway: naan, bhaji (onion bhaji batter), samosas, pakoras, many curries thickened with flour, roti/paratha (white flour versions)
Mexican: wheat tortillas, burritos, quesadillas, enchiladas, chimichangas
Italian: pasta dishes, pizza, garlic bread, risotto sometimes finished with flour-thickened sauces
American-style: pancakes, waffles, fried foods, sandwiches
Tempura, gyoza wrappers, steamed buns (bao — many use white flour)
Kebabs in pitta or wraps
Doner/kebab shop sides (many breaded)
Desserts: sticky toffee pudding, sponge puddings, tarts, cheesecakes, profiteroles
Thickened sauces, gravies, soups in almost every cuisine
9. Sauces, Gravies, Thickeners & Hidden Uses
Roux-based sauces (béchamel, cheese sauce, white sauce)
Gravies
Many canned or jarred soups and stews
Stews and casseroles thickened with flour
Batter coatings on anything fried
Dusting on meat or fish before cooking
Binding in meatloaf, burgers, sausages, fishcakes
Some ice creams or desserts (stabilisers)
Processed cheese products or spreads (occasionally)
Baby foods / weaning products (some)
Pet foods (some)
10. Other / Less Obvious
Yorkshire puddings
Dumplings (suet or flour-based)
Suet puddings
Many vegetarian “meat” products and seitan (wheat gluten is derived from flour)
Communion wafers / host
Some medicines or supplements use flour as a binder (though not food)
Homemade or restaurant versions of almost any baked, battered, or sauce-thickened dish
Important notes:
In the UK (and many other countries), “wheat flour” on an ingredients list is usually refined white flour unless it specifically says wholemeal/whole wheat.
Even products that look “healthy” or “natural” often contain it in small amounts as a processing aid, anti-caking agent, or thickener.
Gluten-free alternatives exist, but standard commercial versions of the items above almost always use white wheat flour.
Restaurant and takeaway food almost never lists ingredients, so assume white flour is present in anything dough-based, battered, breaded, or sauce-thickened unless the venue specifically states otherwise.