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Castelló d'Empúries Flour Mill and Eco-Museum

Do you know where flour comes from?

Discover more about the characteristics of wheat, and how to make the best bread. Photo de Pep Botey.

Discover more about the characteristics of wheat, and how to make the best bread. Photo de Pep Botey.

Wheat sheaves used to pile up in the fields around Castelló d'Empúries, as it was very important crop in the area, where cereals are still cultivated today.

In this section there are some varieties of wheat that, when mixed together, will eventually become the flour made in the factory.

These flours will then be used to make cakes, pizzas, biscuits and more. Bread, a staple food, provides carbohydrates and proteins, which the body needs to stay healthy.

This factory floor is where the flour is bagged and also has a network of pipes that continuously move products from one machine to another.

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<p>Scale of a wheat grain.&nbsp;Castell&oacute; d&#39;Emp&uacute;ries Flour Mill and Eco-Museum.</p>

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Scale of a wheat grain
Scale of a wheat grain
<p>Pipe hall.&nbsp;Castell&oacute; d&#39;Emp&uacute;ries Flour Mill and Eco-Museum.</p>

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Belt bucket elevator
Belt bucket elevator
<p>The introduction of a kneading machine was a breakthrough for bakeries, early 20th century. Photo by Manel Puig.&nbsp;Castell&oacute; d&#39;Emp&uacute;ries Flour Mill and Eco-Museum.</p>

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Kneading machine, “La Económic
Kneading machine, “La Económica” model
<p>Sewing machine for bags with a Singer motor.&nbsp;Castell&oacute; d&#39;Emp&uacute;ries Flour Mill and Eco-Museum.</p>

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Sewing machine for bags with a
Sewing machine for bags with a Singer motor
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