: What is the white powder on sourdough bread? I often see sourdough bread loaves with a white powder/dust on the crust. What is this white powder?

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Typically that would be whatever was used for dusting the loaves or the bannetons, either flour, starch or sometimes semolina.

It is done to prevent sticking and for decorative purposes - often both:

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