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The outermost layer of wheat (the skin of the grain) is called 'Bran'. After removing bran the Endosperm of wheat grind in a mill you obtain wheat flour and when the that flour is pressed through a very fine sieve you obtain Maida. Maida is refined wheat flour. Originally yellowish in colour, maida is popular in a white texture bleached with Benzoyl Peroxide which is tremendously dangerous is the fact that it produces free radicals in the skin. Maida is often softened using Alloxan which is known to destroy beta cells in the pancreas of rodents and other species, causing Diabetes mellitus.

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