Maida is a white flour from the Indian subcontinent, made from wheat. Finely milled without any bran, refined, and bleached, it closely resembles cake flour. Maida is used extensively for making fast foods, baked goods such as pastries, bread, several varieties of sweets, and traditional flatbreads. Owing to this wide variety of uses, it is sometimes labeled and marketed as "all-purpose flour", though it is different from all-purpose flour. Maida Flour - endosperm, bleached; a very white flour, similar to the American bleached flour. Maida is used extensively in Central Asian cuisine, cuisine from the Indian subcontinent and Caribbean cuisine. Flatbreads such as naan and tandoori roti are made using maida.
The top 3 exporters of Wheat flour and maida flour are India, Oman and China. India is the largest exporter of Wheat flour and maida flour. The largest importing country of wheat Flour is UAE followed by Bangladesh, Indonesia. Along with that USA, Sudan, Australia, Somalia, UK, South Korea also import huge amount of wheat Flour from India.
Specification of White Wheat Flour
Moisture - 13-14%
Total Ash - 0.50- 0.56%
Water Absorption - 58-60%
Dry Gluten - 10-11.5%
Wet Gluten - 26-30%
S.V. - 19-23 ml
Alcoholic Acidity - 0.062-0.068% max
Acid Insoluble Ash - 0.018-0.05% max
Carbohydrates - 75.92 gms
Protein - 10-11%
Packing - 50kgs PP Bags with private Labelling.
Load Ability - 25Mt in 20'FCL