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

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Published Jun 28, 2022

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Dr. Nader Nour El-Din, advisor to the former Minister of Supply, an international expert in food and grains, and professor of water resources confirmed that the countries of the world are now moving toward replacing 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 the study of mixing flour with potatoes to produce subsidized bread.

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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
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