![]() This fortification led to nearly universal eradication of deficiency diseases in the US, such as pellagra and beriberi (deficiencies of niacin and thiamine, respectively) and white bread continues to contain these added vitamins to this day. This mandate came about in response to the vast nutrient deficiencies seen in US military recruits at the start of World War II. The US government has mandated since 1941 fortification of white flour-based foods with some of the nutrients lost in milling, like thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, and iron. While a bran- and wheatgerm-discarding milling process can help improve white flour's shelf life, it does remove nutrients like some dietary fiber, iron, B vitamins, micronutrients and essential fatty acids. ![]() White bread has remained the most popular type of bread in the US and much of the industrialized world, despite a generational cycle of backlash against it. Įventually, the transformation of white bread from an elite to a common foodstuff became symbolic of the success of industrialization and capitalism in general, especially paired with the advent of machine sliced bread in the 1920s. Bernarr Macfadden claimed that "white bread was sapping the vitality of the white race, threatening white racial superiority". However, there was a backlash from the popularity of white flour, giving rise to whole grain alternatives popular to this day, such as graham crackers and corn flakes, which (in their original whole grain form) have more fiber and micronutrients. The wheat oil in whole grain breads can go rancid over time, spoiling its flavor. Once it could be easily produced, it went from the most expensive to among the cheapest kinds of flour.For some body types and diets, white flour may have been a nutritional benefit. ![]() It also does make some micronutrients more digestible, some studies finding that the added nutrition in whole grains tends to pass through the body unabsorbed. This allows it to be a source of more calories.
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