Egypt: An expert calls for the Ministry of Supply to return to mixing flour with corn instead of potatoes for these reasons

Published 2022년 6월 27일

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The article highlights the efforts of countries, including Egypt, to seek alternatives to wheat flour for bread production due to the soaring global wheat prices. The Egyptian Ministry of Supply is considering the use of potatoes as a replacement, following a successful experiment of incorporating corn flour into bread. This move aims to reduce the strain on the budget and the need for imported wheat. The Ministry is also looking into other potential local sources of carbohydrates for bread-making, such as banana and cassava flours. The government's focus on subsidized bread production for ration card beneficiaries is noted, with a daily output of 270 million loaves, utilizing over 3.7 million tons of local wheat and importing an additional 400,000 tons for various uses. The article underscores the challenges of finding space to cultivate potatoes for flour, especially given the competition for land, and the potential disruption of potato exports.

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Dr. Nader Nour El-Din, advisor to the former Minister of Supply, international expert in food and grains, and professor of water resources, confirmed that the countries of the world are now moving to replace a percentage of wheat flour used in the production of bread, with the available crops and seeds available in the local environment, due to the high prices of wheat globally. Pointing out that it has become necessary to search for other economically cheaper alternatives, so the Ministry of Supply announced a study of mixing flour with potatoes to produce subsidized bread. Noureddine explained that every country has a food consumption pattern, for example in West Africa they use banana flour and cassava flour to produce Bread, and in some countries barley bread is used, and in Upper Egypt, flour is mixed with fenugreek and corn. Nour El-Din added that the Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade had made a successful experiment in this field during the era of Minister Gweili; Where ...

Source: Akhbarelyom