Where to Buy Flour - Cooking Tips

Amaranth Flour

• Commonly found in natural and health food stores
• Specialty shops
• Large food stores
• Mail order suppliers

Arrowroot Flour

• Some large food stores
• Specialty shops
• Natural and health food stores

Barley Flour

• Natural and health food stores
• Specialty shops
• Large food stores

Buckwheat Flour

• Natural and health food stores
• Specialty shops
• Kosher markets
• Kosher sections of large food stores
• Mail order suppliers

Corn Flour

Cornmeal, Corn Flour, and Cornstarch:

• Most food stores
• Hispanic markets

Atole Flour, Blue Cornmeal, Harinilla, and Masa Harina:

• Hispanic markets
• Specialty shops
• Hispanic sections of some large food stores
• Mail order suppliers

Farro Flour

• Natural and health food stores
• Specialty shops
• Mail order suppliers

Flax Seed Meal/Flour

• Natural and health food stores
• Specialty shops
• Well-stocked food stores

Garbanzo Bean Flour

• Middle Eastern markets
• Specialty shops
• Natural and health food stores

Job's Tears Flour

• Natural and health food stores
• Some Asian markets
• Mail order suppliers

Kamut® Flour

• Natural and health food stores
• Specialty shops

Millet Flour

• Natural and health food stores
• Mail order suppliers
• Indian, African, and Korean markets
• Some large food stores

Oat Flour

• Large food stores
• Natural and health food stores
• Specialty shops

Quinoa Flour

• Natural and health food stores
• Some large food stores

Rice Flour

White Rice Flour:

• Most large food stores
• Natural and health food stores

Brown Rice Flour:

• Natural and health food stores
• Specialty shops
• Sometimes found in large food store
• Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Italian, Spanish, Middle Eastern, or any other market specializing in rice varieties native to a particular nation or region.

Rye Flour

Whole-grain Rye Flour (containing the bran and the germ):

• Most often found in natural and health food stores
• Specialty shops
• Occasionally found in some large food stores

Dark, Medium, and Light Commercial Brands (usually have had the germ removed):

• Most large food stores
• Natural and health food stores

Sorghum Flour

• Natural and health food stores
• Well-stocked food stores
• African markets

Soy Flour

• Most often found in natural and health food stores
• Specialty shops
• Occasionally found in some large food stores

Spelt Flour

• Natural and health food stores
• Specialty shops
• Well-stocked food stores

Teff Flour

• Natural and health food stores
• Ethiopian markets
• Mail order suppliers

Urad Flour

• Indian and Asian markets
• Specialty shops

Water Chestnut Flour

• Asian markets
• Natural and health food stores
• Specialty shops

Wheat Flour

All-Purpose Flour:

• All-purpose flour is the most common and widely available type of flour and is usually found in even the smallest food store.

Bolted Flour, Bread Flour, Cake Flour, Farina, Gluten Flour, Instant Flour, Self-Rising Flour, Semolina Flour, and Whole-wheat Flour:

• Large food stores
• Natural and health food stores

Bromated Flour, Chapati Flour, Graham Flour, Pastry Flour, and Whole-wheat Pastry Flour:

• Large, well stocked food stores
• Health food stores
• Specialty Markets

Tortilla Flour:

• Hispanic markets
• Specialty markets
• Hispanic sections of large food stores
• Mail order

Yam Flour

• Natural and health food stores
• Specialty shops