I have come across a mill that sells 60% whole wheat flour. It has the course bran removed. Is this possibly the same as white whole wheat which is available in U.S.? I have never come across white whole wheat here in Canada. I'm not sure if it's called 60% because it has the course bran removed or if it is blended with white flour.
White whole wheat is merely just a strain of the wheat plant that is lighter in color than "red"(traditional) whole wheat. A similar example(s) would be red grapes, green grapes, black grapes, etc.
So the color here is not related to a milling process such as you describe.
Thank you for the information. I guess I'll now check with the mill.
Oak Manor Farms in Ontario has a 60% WW flour available where they just sift out some of the coarser bran, yielding a flour that pretty much equates to a mix of 60% WW and 40% white. White WW flour isn't widely available in Canada because it is generally a strain of wheat that grows in more southern climates.
I am contemplating buying their 60% whole wheat as I usually use a mix of white bread flour and whole wheat. I have never been able to make a satisfactory 100% whole wheat loaf, despite using many of the recipes found on this site. Whatever I do, it is always too heavy and dense. I'm not a purist. We eat enough whole grains in other ways and we don't eat much bread anyway. This, at least, an organic flour and, as I can buy it locally, it is also a 'green' flour!
I would like to know if there is such a thing as unbleached bread flour. I have yet to find it here in Canada.
That seems odd to me, as I have a 10kg bag of this same flour in my pantry now that i use on a regular basis and it works just like any other flour for me. Do you store your flour in a humid or damp area? Environmental moisture can infuse into the flour, causing it absorb less. However, I do find that it requires more mixing to get everything absorbed and development started, probably due to its very high protein percentage (13+). Try mixing a little longer, or do extra kneading or more stretch and folds and see how that affects it and let us know... Good luck!