Sitt,—The only question that matters about " Lord Woolton's Loaf
" is whether the " 85 per cent. wholemeal " does or does not contain the germ of the wheat. The germ is only about 2 per cent. of the wheat. The official instructions to millers leave this vital matter to the millers. The millers may please themselves as to whether they take out all the germ or leave some or all of it in the flour. As most bakers have lost the art of baking bread of flour with the germ in it, most millers will take out the germ and sell it separately, leaving a gormless " 85 p:r cent. wholemeal " for bread making. All the play with the words " 85 pet cent wholemeal' is a typical bureaucratic deception of the public. The words ought to be " wheatmeal con- taining the whole of the germ." Those who care for real bread will seek out the miller who grinds the whole wheat with stones and who sells what is best called " Whole Wheatmeal," and if possible a stone miller who bakes bread with his own flour. Those who do not care will continue to eat imitation bread. It is most unlikely that a "Lord Woolton's Loaf " will be real bread with the germ in it.—
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