Customer Reviews

Arrowhead Mills White Organic Rice Flour, 32-Ounce , 2 Pound Bags (Pack of 4)

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I think I've turned into a troll when it comes to this company; it turns out they don't use dedicated gluten-free lines in their production. So, if you're baking with this because you have celiac, it might make you sick.

And, to echo, "Gritty" above, I'll raise you one, 'gritty' and add, 'so gritty it's inedible'. I spent a week of evenings trying to make gluten-free shortbread with this stuff: it's like sand.

After a long search, because a lot of what is sold as gluten free, either isn't, or is only 'legally' gluten free, meaning that on the day samples of it were tested it had only 20 ppm (or the company is claiming that), I found gluten free rice flour: Koda farms in California only mills rice--and they are not expensive. Look for their white rice flour under the name, "Kokuho Rose Premium Rice Flour" or "Diamond K", either from the Asian section of your grocery store, Koda farms online, or occasionally on Amazon.

This rice flour is fine in a pinch, but it is too coarsly ground. Other brands offer a finer grind. Coarsly ground flour makes for a very dry baked product, as it is unable to absorb the moisture as well.

I purchased 4 pkgs of rice flour. The rice flour seems to be of good quality. I purchased other items from a different seller the same day which arrived much sooner than the rice flour did. The flour was sent in a large box with only one air pocket plastic. The flour had lots of room to slide around and at least one bag was punctured and leaked flour. I was disappointed at the short expiration time on all four bags of flour.
I was not pleased enough to reorder.

Ok, it is just rice flour so it is hard to write a review that raves of the amazing power of it etc. Howe4ver, clean organic product that comes packaged in nicely--free from contaminants when stored well. I use this flour in all my gluten free recipes and it works exactly as rice flour should.
Tip: when baking something that requires a wet ingredients you can add that wet ingredient to the rice flour and let it soak for a while to remove some of the "gritty" texture rice flour can have in baked goods. So, if for example, the pancake recipe calls for milk, add the milk to the rice flour and let soak in the fridge for a few hours before using.

Received everything as stated and was more than happy with turn around time of order. Thanks

When I received my order the box was totally fine and undamaged. The bags of flour were wrapped all together in a green plastic which also looked to be in good condition and there were also several of those air filled shipping bags in the box. However there was flour everywhere! Once opened we found that 3 out of the 4 bags had rips all the way down the side. It was pretty clear that amazon did fine in packaging the product but the packaging from the actual manufacturer is what was terrible.

I won't be buying from Arrowhead Mills anymore which is too bad because they are typically cheaper than Bob's Red Mill or other GF flour companies. However this is not the first time we've had issues with their packaging (when bought from a brick and mortar store) and in the past I've also ordered Arrowhead Mills products that were expired before I even received them.

Spend the extra money on Bob's Red Mill or another company that packages it's product appropriately and takes care to make sure their products are fresh.

I have been using Arrowhead Mills flours for 20 years. They are the best for any baker. For a gluten free baker like me, top quality ingredients are a must. Amazon has the best price on Arrowhead Mills flours. They arrive well packaged and fresh.

What can I say? I've found rice flours to all be about the same - bland, gritty, absorb fluids, and yet are a fondation in a gluten free diet. I generally use as little rice flour as is necessary. (My disllike is not for Arrowhead Mills, but for rice flour in general.) My hubby's preferences are the whole grain flours like amaranth, sorghum, teff, etc.