Heygates Strong White Bread Flour - 1X16Kg

My go-to suppliers of flour. Dispatch and delivery are prompt. Heygates flour is perfect for making bread at home.

Great flour for making my sourdough. Good amount of protein allows for a reasonably high hydration level at around 71%. Attached is a photo of my sourdough with this flour.

I'd never heard of Heygate before, but it is from now on my 'go-to' brand, including the seller Food Service Direct, who, whilst others try profiteering from the Covid-lockdown, they have kept their prices at an incredibly reasonable level (working out £1 per kg).It is silky smooth to the touch, and when it came to kneading it the texture and elasticity was absolutely perfect, making it a near effortless task (given liquid to flour ratio are correct).I've never had a dough rise exactly double in size, but Heygates' did, and then some - I was amazed!The ease in which the dough was kneaded, and knocked back brought me so much joy, I have been able to start baking again even with weakness, and pain in upper body and limbs due to disability.I use a KMix dough hook to do the initial mixing, then turn it out onto the work top. But even without a KMix blender there was outstanding performce with this flour, producing great results.The Pitta breads in the photo had just come out from the oven, their texture light, soft, and minimal salt and flavourings required.I have now ordered their Plain Flour, and will be waiting for Self-Raising to come back into stock.

Good quality fine flour, perfect for all kinds of bread. Delivery fast and product in tact everytime up to now. I have had no problems and have used this product again and again. For a regular Baker the 16kg size lasts and keeps well with a cable tie around the outer plastic bag...I have had no clumping or damp. Bread turns out soft and even every time. Good quality product.

Very good flour, I use it for bread and cakes.

Flour is ok, but the courier service Heygates is using is rubbish.The van couldn't deliver my bag 2 time with comment "no access to the property". Yes, it's a gated development with the gates at the entrance. But therer is a clear instruction on the gates how to reach the required addressee using intercom. On the 3rd attempt I managed to meet the driver at the gates, he said that he doesn't have time to read all these instructions :-)I would seriously advise Heygates to change delivery agent.

Arrived quickly and very safely and securely packaged. I have used the flour to bake two loaves so far - I was previously using another flour supplied through Amazon but it has increased so much in price I changed to this one based on 5* reviews from other buyers - they aren't wrong! I, and the rest of the family, are very pleased with the taste of the bread that the flour produces. It is as good as the previous flour I used and about half the price. For information I use a very old bread making machine to make the dough and then leave it to stand for an hour before knocking it down and then putting it in the bread tin and leaving to stand for another hour before baking in a hot oven for 35 minutes. Each time it stands the dough doubles in size within an hour which is exactly what one is hoping for. Yeast used is Allinsons quick yeast. I thought that a 16Kg bag might be a bit big but with results like this it will get used pretty quickly I think.

Super well packed - strong paper bag +thick outer plastic bag. Very good for bread baking - high protein %.