Where to Buy High-Gluten Flour: 12 Stores Listed

Large grocery store chains don’t typically carry high-gluten flour, but it can easily be found online or through smaller, independent retailers. Amazon, The Grain Mill, and Nuts.com are a few places where you can buy high-gluten flour. Below, we have the list of places where you can buy high-gluten flour — online and in stores.

Where to Buy High-Gluten Flour

High-gluten flour is higher in protein than all-purpose flour and gives bagels, rolls, and other homemade breads their chewy textures and crisp crusts. Since it’s a specialty baking item, most major grocery store chains do not stock high-gluten flour. You’ll have better luck finding high-gluten flour at an independent shop or online. We have the list of places that sell high-gluten flour — plus stores that don’t — and a few alternatives to consider if you can’t find high-gluten flour near you.

Amazon

• Availability: Online
• Brands, sizes, pricing: Anthony’s (4 pounds; $15), General Mills Gold Medal (50 pounds; $25), King Arthur (3 pounds; $25), and more
• Shop

Bakers Authority

• Availability: Online
• Brands, sizes, pricing: Ardent Mills (5 pounds; $5), General Mills Gold Medal (50 pounds; $26), King Arthur (5 pounds; $5), Pillsbury (5 pounds; $10), and more
• Shop

Costco Business Centers

• Availability: Online or at Costco Business Centers only; Costco Business Centers are open to all Costco members, but there are only 18 Costco Business Center locations in the U.S. (at time of writing)
• Brands, sizes, pricing: Ardent Mills (50 pounds), Bay State Milling (50 pounds), and PFM (50 pounds); prices vary by location
• Shop online or find a Costco Business Center near you

The Grain Mill

• Availability: Online; order pick-up is available at The Grain Mill locations in Wake Forest, N.C., and Myerstown, Pa. Members get 10% off.
• Brands, sizes, pricing: Ardent Mills (50 pounds; $26), King Arthur (50 pounds; $28), and more
• Shop

Honeyville

• Availability: Online
• Brands, sizes, pricing: Imperial (unbleached; 50 pounds; $53), and XL (highest protein content; 50 pounds; $53) varieties
• Shop

King Arthur Flour

• Availability: Online
• Brands, sizes, pricing: King Arthur Flour-brand (3 pounds, $9)
• Shop

Nuts.com

• Availability: Online
• Brands and sizes: Ardent Mills (1 pound; $3 or 25 pounds; $37)
• Shop

Restaurant Depot

• Availability: In stores; Restaurant Depot is a members-only retailer for businesses and non-profits
• Brands, sizes, pricing: General Mills Gold Medal (25 or 50 pounds), Pillsbury (25 or 50 pounds); prices vary by location
• Find a location

Sam’s Club

• Availability: In stores (select locations only; Sam’s Club is a members-only retailer)
• Brands, sizes, pricing: Member’s Mark (50 pounds), Morrison’s (25 pounds); prices vary by location
• Find a location

Stover & Company

• Availability: Online; order pickup is available at the Stover & Company store in Cheswick, Pa.
• Brands, sizes, pricing: Stover & Company-brand (50 pounds; $18), ConAgra Mills (50 pounds, $18), General Mills Gold Medal (50 pounds; $21), and more
• Shop

Weisenberger Mill

• Availability: Online or at the Weisenberger Mill in Midway, Ky.
• Brands, sizes, pricing: Weisenberger Mill-brand (5 pounds; $4)
• Shop

WinCrest Bulk Foods

• Availability: Online
• Brands, sizes, pricing: Ardent Mills (50 pounds; $20)
• Shop

In addition to the above-listed retailers, you can search for local mills and/or co-ops near you, which are more likely to sell high-gluten flour than major grocery stores.

Bread flour — which has a higher protein content than all-purpose flour but slightly less protein than high-gluten flour — can sometimes be used as a substitute. Bread flour is commonly sold at major grocery stores, including Albertsons, Kroger, Publix, Ralphs, Stop & Shop, Target, Walmart, Whole Foods, and Winn-Dixie. Look for brands like General Mills Gold Medal, King Arthur, and/or Bob’s Red Mill bread flour in the baking aisle.

Another alternative is to look for vital wheat gluten in the organic section. This can be mixed with all-purpose flour to achieve a texture like high-gluten flour — but this process may require some experimentation to find the correct ratio for your recipe.

Places That Do Not Sell High-Gluten Flour

The following stores do not sell high-gluten flour, according to our research. We called several locations of the following stores and checked their online shops and/or apps (where available) to confirm this information.

• Albertsons
• Kroger
• Publix
• Ralphs
• Safeway
• Smart & Final
• Stop & Shop
• Target
• Trader Joe’s
• Walmart
• Wegmans
• Whole Foods
• Winn-Dixie

In Summary

Major grocery stores do not typically sell high-gluten flour. You’ll have better luck shopping at an independent shop or online. Bakers Authority, King Arthur Flour, and WinCrest Bulk Foods are some of the places that sell high-gluten flour nationwide. If you can’t find high-gluten flour, you may be able to substitute bread flour or a vital wheat gluten blend.

You may also be interested in our articles on where to buy almond flour, rye flour, 00 flour, and semolina flour.