When to comes to understanding the science of home bread making, the type of flour that is used to make your bread has a direct bearing on the taste and quality of the baked product. There are numerous different types of bread flour available and it is important that you understand the difference between them before embarking on your bread baking journey. You may think that a flour is a flour and they all look similar but in reality, they can all be very different depending on how they were produced, milled and stored. Even different brands of the same type can be very different.