1930 AP Flour

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The Original Flour was with the following Flour as told by CHS. The Soft Wheat Usually a Illinois or Texas Grown with required 20% Hard Wheat also. 1930 Info.

The type of wheat flour used by KFC is soft red winter. It does not have the level of protein and gluten required for yeast breads. However, it is used in many other food products, especially as an ingredient where fine particulate flour is needed. Some of the uses are flat breads, cereals, cakes, cookies, pretzels, pastries, pancakes, crackers, biscuits, ice cream cones, part of all-purpose flour, batter and breading, wheat germ, etc.

The soft red winter wheat, which has a fine endosperm texture and a lower quantity of protein. Soft wheat flour is ideally suited for bakery products such as cookies and cakes and can usually be found in grocery stores as “cake flour.” “All-purpose flour” usually contains a blend of both soft wheat and hard wheat flour, whereas “bread flour” is made from hard wheat. The soft wheat is a finer flour which works better on batter and breading

In the 1930 the soft wheat was mixed with Barely and corn due to extreme wheat shortages. Most soft wheats today current day are a wheat but adding a corn flour and Barley flour does not hurt just try and stay to the low protein flour and sifting the flour is key.

KFC would not have spent millions on sifting machines for no reason. Sifting the flour allow more to stick to the chicken and blend the seasoning more even. It is critical to sift the flour often even with small portions. Something most home cooks skip doing.


Current KFC Flour 2022

Wheat Flour 60% Approximately
Wheat Gluten 10%
Soy Flour 25%
Seasonings and Salt 6%

Leavening Agent 400 ppm


Corn flour or potato starch help in the home mix if your ONLY using AP Flour or 2% baking powder + 2% dried yeast. To Make NEW AGE KFC