Marriage's 100% Very Strong Canadian White Flour 1.5 kg (Pack of 5)

Gorgeous stuff. Use it in my Panasonic Breadmaker to make the loveliest loaf of bread I have ever eaten and no worries about what weird chemicals go in the loaf because I add the ingredients myself. Even strong bread flour produced in the UK can often not be as strong if there was too much rain like there was the other year, Doves Farm strong bread flour which I purchased last year being a case in point which made poorly risen bricks of a loaf which went straight in the bin with the rest of the flour. Fortunately Marriages bread flour is produced from grain grown in Canada where they never have wet summers and therefore produce the strongest flour which will rise perfectly and give a real soft fluffy loaf that is a treat to eat.So, you can probably tell that I like this flour. I would also recommend their wholemeal flour which is stoneground and contains all the grain, not just the bit from the middle that you get in supermarket bread. I mix the two half and half.Update June 2020: it's amazing what Covid19 does to the price. Before the lockdown 5 x 1.5kg bags were £10, during lockdown it was out of stock, now it's back in stock the price has gone up to £18. No wonder Jeff Bezos is the richest man who the world.

A few years ago I bought my first bread-maker. I was surprised to find just how easy it is to make your own bread with one. Plus, you know EXACTLY what's in your bread, because YOU put it there!However, like many people, I found that my homemade bread, while healthy and tasty, was... well... HEAVY, compared to the store-bought bread I was used to. Yes, I now realise that that's partly because the supermarket muck barely qualifies as real bread at all, but still...And then I discovered Marriage's 'Very Strong' flour, and haven't look back since. Whether used for plain ol' white 'default' bread, tasty French bread recipes, or mixed with their wholemeal flour to create a nice light wholemeal, I've never yet be disappointed by this flour.I really can't recommend it highly enough. I love it. Truly a Marriage made in Heaven, and probably the main reason why I'm still making all my own bread.

One of the reasons Canadian flour is superior to British flour is because of the weather. I didn't realise this until I almost threw our bread maker into the bin after producing several duff loaves with a dodgy bag of British flour. I looked into it a bit and discovered that if the the UK had a bad wheat crop then the flour might be inferior. Overall the protein content of UK wheat is lower as well, even in a good season. I tried this and we've never, ever had a bad loaf. It rises higher and and is lighter and fluffier than anything you'll get with British flour. The price has risen quite a bit recently but I think it's worth it still. I'd rather pay a bit more to get perfect homemade bread than the garbage you get from the supermarket.

I've been baking for 30 years, half of them professionally (in my own coffee shop, Port Erin. Isle of Man).This flour is simply the best for bread, rolls, baguettes, pizza bases etc. The high protein content give a superb texture and the taste is delicious! It's remarkable what a difference a quality product like this can do to something as simple and "daily" as a loaf of bread. Absolutely love this product!

Quality best flour, high protein! Best for making all! Safety delivery, packaging very good.

This flour has been good so far, makes nice loaves that keep their shape. However, every pack of flour was damaged, so the flour goes all over the place. Box and outer wrapper were not damaged, and the driver is always super-careful, the damage was done before the flour was sent, judging by the unscathed packaging. Bit annoying really, should send it back, but.....can't be bothered tbh.

If you’re just doing plain white bread you definitely can’t go wrong with this flour, its amazing at keeping a great structure when rising and when proving plus for big loaves when you do the “slashes” on the top to let out the gases whilst baking it doesn’t just collapse in on itself! Fantastic quality and flavour bread have used up my pack of five a few times now, please see picture for results. Highly recommend this, you can buy cheaper bread flour but the protein content is nowhere near marriages bread flour, that is why you get a good structure and slashing with no collapse.

Started making bread this last year and discovered bread flour from the supermarket fits into one of 2 categories: utter garbage or very expensive. I turned to amazon and discovered surprisingly given the bulk and weight of product that great quality flour was available more economically than the supermarket garbage. This flour is very forgiving in use. It makes a great white bloomer but I also use it in various blends with other types or malt flours where it performs equally well.Amazon request a score for presentation.... bags of flour shrink wrapped into slabs of 5.... there is no bow or sparkly additions so this seems an irrelevant category to mark!!The only negative comes from the delivery driver who left the box on the doorstep in the rain. Thankfully the shrink wrap saved the product