Pizza Flour: What to Buy and Why

Protein percentage and W-rating decide how your dough stretches, ferments, and browns — not the brand on the bag. Find the flour that matches your style and your oven.

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00 vs Bread Flour vs All-Purpose: Which Flour for Which Pizza

Protein, W-rating and grind explained, then matched to pizza style and oven temperature — the decision most flour guides get wrong.

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Answer a few questions about your pizza style, oven and schedule and get three flours matched from these reviews.

King Arthur
King Arthur Bread Flour
The first bag to buy if you bake in a domestic oven. At 12.7% protein with added amylase on the label it gives you chew and colour at 250 °C, which is exactly what an unmalted 00 will not.
12.7% protein · W n/a · New York, Detroit, Pan

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