Can whole wheat flour lose its rising power after several years in a container?

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No. It doesn't have an rising power. Unless it's contaminated or something.

If it's in a sealed container it should be fine. You use baking power or yeast to make flour rise and adding Gluten helps7 years ago WW flour was about $1.50 a pound. If you suspect it's not kosher, throw it out.

I wouldn't want to use flour that was several years old..

The rising comes from the yeast. What the flour contributes is the proteins called "gluten" (yes, that thing more and more are finding themselves allergic to). The gluten forms long strings that hold the dough together as the yeast forms carbon dioxide bubbles within the dough.

Now this gluten could be degraded, such that it is not holding the dough together and the bubbles continue on their way up and out of the dough, leaving the dough as flat as oatmeal would be.

BUY NEW & KEEP IT IN THE FREEZER---IT KEEPS WELL THERE. NO IT DOES NOT FREEZE. ALSO KEEP YEAST IN FREEZER.

As M20c says, whole wheat flour doesn't have any leavener in it. The rise depends entirely on yeast or baking powder, and it behaves more or less the same. However, the odds are good that some of the oils in the whole wheat flour will have become rancid.

Sniff it. If it smells off, chuck it and buy new flour.

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