PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide wheat flour having excellent handleability which does not generate lumps of particles during storage or handling, and therefore does not become difficult to measure or difficult to dissolve in water.SOLUTION: A granulated wheat flour is produced by granulating wheat flour with pregelatinized wheat flour used as a binder, containing 30 to 80 vol.% of flour with a particle diameter of less than 150 μm and 70 to 20 vol.% of flour with a particle diameter of 150 μm or more. The granulated wheat flour is produced through fluid bed granulation, by adding the pregelatinized wheat flour in an amount of 2 to 10 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the wheat flour, in a form of an aqueous solution, a suspension, or a slurry with water being used as a medium.COPYRIGHT: (C)2015,JPO&INPIT【課題】保管中や取扱い中に粒子同士が固まってダマになったり、そのために計量しにくくなったり、また水に溶解しにくくなることがない、取扱い性に優れた小麦粉の提供。【解決手段】バインダーとしてα化小麦粉を用いて小麦粉とを造粒して得られる、粒径が150μm未満の粉を30~80体積%、および粒径150μm以上の粉を70~20体積%含有する造粒小麦粉。前記造粒小麦は、α化小麦粉の量が、小麦粉100質量部に対して2~10質量部である様に水を媒体として水溶液、懸濁液、またはスラリーなどの形で添加して、造粒が流動層造粒であることを特徴とする造粒小麦。【選択図】なし
