Submitted by BreadJazz on July 29, 2009 - 7:51pm
I am interested to know the ash content (55, 60, 65) of the Robin Hood Best For Bread Homestyle White Flour. I need this to determine how much water I need to arrive at a good fermented dough.
Anybody knows?
Thank you,
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I am very interested as
I am very interested as well!!!
Your best bet is....
to contact the manufacturer and ask. I Googled the brand and found a toll free number you can call. Link
Search engines can be quite helpful.
You might want to visit The Artisan for more information on the classification of flour.
Bread flour ash content
Thank you,
Very informative. The Artisan site is a mine of information.
Hello
Is Robin Hood a Canadian brand?
--Dan DiMuzio
Robin Hood flour
I don't know if it is a pureley Canadian brand, but I bought mine in Canada.
Okay . . . found this way to request info from them
Robin Hood (the brand name) is owned now by Cargill, from what I can tell. They didn't disclose any flour specifications at their web site for retail/grocery flours (now you know why I like King Arthur flours) but they do have an information request form here:
https://www.foodemailtracker.cargill.com/FOOD/fisemailtracker.nsf/emailformExt?OpenForm§ionId=501861
When I was kid (about a century ago), you could get Robin Hood at any grocery in Cincinnati, but I haven't seen it commonly in the U.S. since then except around northern New England. I had heard it was very common in parts of Canada.
In case Cargill isn't helpful, most Canadian hard wheat is spring wheat, so if it was milled from that it should show characteristics very similar to King Arthur's bread flour, which is also milled from hard spring wheat. Very strong, very absorbent. But you should request info from Cargill.
--Dan DiMuzio
Some further details
From this info sheet (PDF format)
http://www.horizonmilling.com/recent_announcements/Docs/FAQ.pdf
So it would seem Smuckers Canada still owns the Robin Hood brand, as well as Five Roses and Monarch, and hence the top three brands in the country. Cargill is getting the rights to supplying the industrial side. So that bag on Robin Hood on the grocery store shelf is still under Smucker's name.