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Learning to bake with Lighthouse Flour and Mum
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Learn with Lighthouse

Discover educational baking tips and tricks and you’ll be whipping up sweet and savoury homemade delights in no time. You’ll learn everything from how to make a sourdough starter to the benefits of Yeast+. 

Pizza Dough
A 3d rendering of a box of Lighthouse Bread and Pizza Flour

What is flour strength or W Index? 

Flour "strength" indicates the strength of the dough and its resistance to leavening. Therefore the higher the W index (e.g. W=180) the longer the leavening time. The strength of flour is measured using a Chopin Alveograph.

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