Ukraine's alternative flour market, from amaranth to pine

Published 2021년 1월 15일

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The article provides an overview of the flour market in Ukraine and other countries, with a focus on niche flours. It highlights that in Ukraine, wheat flour dominates, accounting for 94% of the market, while other types like corn, buckwheat, rice, oats, peas, millet, barley, sorghum, and gluten-free flours make up a much smaller percentage. These alternative flours are primarily used in baking and confectionery. The article also mentions the benefits of using natural antioxidants like mustard flour instead of chemical agents and discusses the rise in popularity of whole-grain spelled flour, a gluten-free product, despite its recent price increase due to high demand in Europe.

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- Every country has its own understanding of what niche flour is. For example, in Scandinavia, baking with oatmeal and barley flour is in order, so in northern Europe these types of flour are not niche, - said Rodion Rybchynsky, Chairman of the Board of the NGO "Flour Mills of Ukraine". - A similar story with corn flour in Mexico or Italy, where it has a very wide range of applications. And in East Africa, corn flour occupies about 70% of the flour market. Interestingly, in this region there are types of flour from crops that grow exclusively in Africa, so they can be considered niche on the hot continent ... In Ukraine, 94% of the grain flour market is wheat, 5% -grain and only 1% accounts for a set of other types of flour. The most popular niche types of flour from cereals and legumes in our country - corn, buckwheat, rice, oats, peas ... There is also flour from millet, barley, sorghum, but it is produced in very small quantities. Read also: Agrarian 2020: which modes of ...

Source: Agravery