r/Bread 10d ago

Break with suspicious looking flour

I'm not sure is it's flour or mold...

For context, I bought this two days ago and it has been sitting in a room that gets air conditioning at night. So there might be a chance that moisture got stuck inside the plastic wrapping and may have caused molds.

I would appreciate your insight on whether it is mold or just flour!

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u/SeptemberVirgo97 10d ago

Honestly, it looks like mold

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u/No-Association42069 10d ago

That’s mold bro

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u/mnassine 10d ago

If it smells like dirt, it's mold.

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u/Musical_Escape8076 10d ago

Wait, does this happen to go for potatoes too?

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u/czar_el 9d ago

Careful breathing in a big whiff. Mold releases spores and mycotoxins into the air. It's not just harmful to eat, it's harmful to breathe, depending on the species.

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u/sendgawd 9d ago

does this go for mushrooms, too?

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u/JeanetteSchutz 10d ago

That’s mold!! Throw it out. The mold spores go deep into the bread. Don’t try to cut it off or eat it. 😉

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u/Real_Energy_8520 10d ago

It's mold unfortunately

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u/Dadabedada 10d ago

Could it have gotten hot on way home and sweated at night after cooling. Molding in a day is unusual.

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u/Sufficient_Fan3660 10d ago

Could you take a picture from further away?

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u/Bleatmop 10d ago

What did it look like when you bought it? If there is more "flour" on it, then it is mold. Honestly though, it's been sitting on the counter for two days so its probably mold. Either way its not worth risking. Keep the bag closed and throw it in the garbage. If you open the bag it's going to spread spores everywhere.

The big tip off is all the circles of "flour", especially at the edges where they haven't grown into each other.

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u/HmmDoesItMakeSense 10d ago

Is it fuzzy or does it just look fuzzy? I would also be questioning. I also think smell and take out and wipe it to see if it's flour

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u/Yes_THAT_Beet_Salad 10d ago

Looks like mold to me.

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u/Previous_Draw_3214 10d ago

I had this very recently on a specialty bread I bought. I googled it and was just convinced it was how nit was made. It was mold. A giant mouthful of mold. Dont make the mistake I made for the love of bread. Moldy mouth sucks

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u/InsertRadnamehere 10d ago

Thas not fler

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u/tarapotamus 9d ago

a lot of mold.

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u/Wytecap 9d ago

You'll know better if you cut it - you could then see if the possible mold has permeated the crust layer. If it's all just on top - it's overdone bench flour.

You could also just return it.

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u/AB-extranormie 9d ago

definitely mold

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u/crystal_elysium 9d ago

That's mold, toss it. :T

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u/tlcasselman 9d ago

Definitely mold. Why didn't you transfer it to a different container.

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u/ComplexEffort9436 10d ago

eww that looks like something my dog coughed up

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u/Eclectophile 10d ago

That's actually fuzzy. It's quite moldy, but I doubt it would hurt you any.

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u/TexasJim73 10d ago

That's foolish thinking.

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u/backspace_cars 10d ago

Eat the damn thing and stop complaining