What should I do if there are bugs in the flour?

Generally speaking, there are small insects in the flour, which may be because the flour is not sealed, so it is said that the external insects enter, and after filtering the insects, it can also continue to be eaten, but it may also be because of the deterioration of the flour, so it must be treated with caution, if the flour is flavorful, then it is not edible at this time.

If you want to remove the small insects in the flour, you can first take it to the sun for exposure, so that you can use the sun to eliminate some of the insects, if the weather is bad, you can use a sieve to screen out these insects, and then dispose of them. Although the small insects in the flour cannot be used in the future, the flour contains a good effect on cleaning stains, and we can use these flours to clean the faucets or carpets at home, as well as dishes, stoves and kitchen utensils.

If you usually want to store flour without small insects, you can use the following methods. 1. Garlic contains some special flavors, which are very sensitive to insects and have a good insect repellent effect, so we can put garlic near the flour, so as to avoid flour insects, but do not put too much garlic at the same time, because this will also bring a special taste to other foods. 2. If the flour is often in a cool and damp place, then we should try to take it out and dry it frequently, so that the water in the flour can evaporate.

If you dry it often, it will not cause the flour to get damp and insects. 3. When storing flour, be sure to choose a cool and ventilated place. Alternatively, you can choose to pour the flour into an airtight container, which can reduce the problem of moisture and insects in the flour.

The above three methods can reduce the problem of flour worms.

We should also understand the guarantee period of the flour, from the packaging we can see the shelf life, generally in six to eight months, if it is the flour with wind, you need to use it as soon as possible, so as to reduce the problem of mold and insects. If you find that there are insects in the flour, or there is some rancid smell, then you must not eat it, and the consumption of such flour will cause health hazards to the body. Don't cause harm to your health because of temporary reluctance.

Freeze for 24 hours and remove the insect carcasses with a sieve.

The best way to get rid of flour worms

1. After the flour is insected, move the flour to a dry and sealed container, and put the freshly picked poplar leaves into the container and seal it with the flour. After four or five days, the storage container is opened to find that the larvae and eggs have been killed, and then the flour is strained through a dustpan or sieve and is ready to eat.

2. Insert the chopsticks into the flour of the raw insects, and pull out the insects on the surface of the flour after climbing up. Then, spread the flour in a cool, ventilated place, and bugs deep in the flour will crawl out of the warmer flour. This method is simple and convenient, but it takes a long time to get rid of insects.

3. In order to shorten the time of insect removal, after removing the insects on the surface, you can use a basket made of bamboo or wicker to remove the insects in the flour; The rice is sifted through a sieve made of bamboo strips. Then, it is spread in a cool and ventilated place to dry to remove all kinds of insects in the flour.

Prevent flour from insects

1. The first thing is to keep the flour well ventilated, if the refrigerator at home is large, you can directly seal the white flour and store it in the refrigerator.

2. It is best to expose the newly bought white flour to the sun to make it drier, so that it is not easy to get insects.

3. Every time you buy flour, measure the family's demand for flour, and only buy one to two months of consumption at a time. Buying and storing flour in large quantities increases the risk of weevils.

4. Put the newly bought flour behind the old flour, so that the old flour can be used preferentially and reduce the chance of weevil breeding.

5. The place where the flour is placed must be clean and tidy, and a clean environment can reduce the breeding of pests and microorganisms, thereby reducing the chance of flour contamination.

The insect generally grows in flour and rice, and no pesticides are allowed, and it can be frozen in the refrigerator (freezer, freezer) for more than 1 day to kill, or it can be killed at a high temperature of more than 50 degrees (except for rice).

The name of the insect is Coleoptera, Pseudo-Foot Carapace. It is distributed in most provinces and regions of China, tropical and warmer regions of the world. The host is edible mushrooms, corn stove rounds, wheat, rice, sorghum, oilseeds, dried fruits, beans, Chinese herbal medicines, raw medicinal materials, ginger, dried fish, dried meat, leather, silkworm cocoons, tobacco leaves, insect specimens, etc.

Mainly harmful to flour, the insect has odorous glands secreting odorous fluid, making the flour mildewy, and its secretions also contain carcinogen benzoquinone.

4-5 generations per year, overwintering in the packaging, reed mats, sundries and various crevices of the adult, the male worm life span is 547 days, the female worm is 226 days, the eggs are laid in the gap of the warehouse, the eggs are attached to the powder debris is generally not easy to talk about this clearly, each female lays 327-956 eggs. The optimal temperature for development is 27-30. Relative humidity 70%, 30 to complete the generation about 27 days.

The temperature is adjusted to 44, the relative humidity is 77%, the larvae die in 10 hours and the adults in 7 hours; 50 1 hour to die; Death is less than 17 days after each insect state; All days are dead.

Generally speaking, there are small insects in the flour, which may be because the flour is not sealed, so it is said that the external insects enter, and after filtering the insects, it can also continue to be eaten, but it may also be because of the deterioration of the flour, so it must be treated with caution, if the flour is flavorful, then it is not edible at this time.

Generally speaking, there are small insects in the flour, which may be because the flour is not sealed, so it is said that the external insects enter, and after filtering the insects, it can also continue to be eaten, but it may also be because of the deterioration of the flour, so it must be treated with caution, if the flour is flavorful, then it is not edible at this time.

In summer, flour raw worms can be eaten according to the situation.

1. In the early stage of flour worms, the flour has many small lumps, at this time, we use a sieve to filter the flour and filter out the small lumps, and the remaining flour can continue to be eaten.

2. If the flour has clumped and deteriorated, it is recommended not to eat it, because the red grain thief will gather together to produce a secretion, which will make the flour clump and be harmful to the human body.

Methods of preserving flour

1. Refrigerate and store.

If you don't need to store a lot of flour, or if your refrigerator is large enough, then putting it in the refrigerator is the most direct and effective way, because studies have found that the flour worms are almost inactive in the environment below 13 degrees, so it is guaranteed that there will be no flour worms and mildew when stored in the refrigerator for a long time.

2. Sealed and stored.

Generally, there will be some sealed jars, jars, plastic buckets, etc. at home, wipe these appliances clean, be sure to keep them dry enough, and then put a large plastic bag in the utensils, pour flour, drain the air inside, seal the mouth, and then cover the lid and put it in a cool and dry place.

3. Zanthoxylum pepper preservation method.

Put the pepper in a small gauze bag, and then put it in the flour, the smell of the pepper seeps into the flour, which can effectively prevent the flour from insects and mold, and the steamed pasta has a special fragrance, which is really a double win. This is because Sichuan pepper is a natural antioxidant with a special fragrance, and the face insect is very sensitive and avoids this special smell.

1. Once flour or rice has worms, do not take it to the sun. The flour or rice of the insects can be packed into small plastic bags and frozen in the refrigerator freezer for 10 hours, which can not only kill the adults, but also kill the eggs. Cloth bag flour absorbs moisture, it is easy to get insects, it is best to use a plastic bag, be sure to tie the mouth tightly.

2. Flour refers to wheat flour, that is, flour ground from wheat. According to its performance and use, wheat flour is divided into special flour (such as bread flour, dumpling flour, biscuit flour, etc.), general flour (such as standard flour, Fuqiang flour), and nutritionally fortified flour (such as calcium-increasing flour, iron-rich flour, 7+1 nutritionally fortified flour, etc.); According to the precision, it is divided into special first-class flour, special second-class flour, standard flour, ordinary flour, etc.; According to the strength of gluten, it is divided into high-gluten flour, medium-gluten flour and low-gluten flour.