Flours

The flour rice flour, as its name suggests, is made from finely ground rice. It is mainly made from regular rice (uruchimai) and glutinous rice (mochigome). It has long been used as an ingredient in wagashi and dango (traditional Japanese confectionery) and senbei (traditional crackers), but in recent years, advances in technology have made it possible to produce rice flour with finer particles, which is now used in a wide range of products, such as bread, cakes and noodles. Rice flour offers a gluten-free alternative to flour.