Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:851

  • Flour: means flour of every kind and description made wholly or partly from wheat, which conforms to the definition and standard of identity of flour, white flour, wheat flour, and plain flour, as promulgated by the Federal Security Agency. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:781

Self-rising flour is a combination of flour, salt, and chemical leavening ingredients.  The flour shall be of the grade of “straight” or better and the chemical leavening ingredients shall be bicarbonate of soda and either calcium acid, phosphate, sodium, aluminum sulphate, cream of tartar, tartaric acid, or a combination of these.