Question about Durum Flour and Semolina

[BakerAunt]

Are durum flour and semolina considered whole grain flours? I looked at the KAF website and could not determine whether they are. I also tried googling, but I kept getting answers about bread that is bought in the store.

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[Mike Nolan]

I believe that semolina is not considered a whole grain product, because it's essentially just the endosperm from the durum wheat berry that isn't pulverized into a fine powder after stripping off the bran and germ. (The same thing is true with couscous.)

Durum flour may or may not be a whole grain flour, most of the durum flours I've seen are not whole grain flours.

[BakerAunt]

Thanks, Mike. That's what I was afraid of. Next time, I'll keep some semolina in my sourdough pizza crust, but move more toward whole wheat flour.

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