<P> Whole - wheat flour (in the US) or wholemeal flour (in the UK) is a powdery substance, a basic food ingredient, derived by grinding or mashing the whole grain of wheat, also known as the wheatberry . Whole - wheat flour is used in baking of breads and other baked goods, and also typically mixed with other lighter "white" unbleached or bleached flours (that have been treated with flour bleaching agent (s)) to restore nutrients to the white flours (especially fiber, protein, and vitamins), texture, and body that are lost in milling and other processing to the finished baked goods or other food (s). </P> <P> The word "whole" refers to the fact that all of the grain (bran, germ, and endosperm) is used and nothing is lost in the process of making the flour . This is in contrast to white, refined flours, which contain only the endosperm . Because the whole flour contains the remains of all of the grain, it has a textured, brownish appearance . </P>

Is wholemeal flour the same as wholewheat flour