After discovering what he calls an “outdated” law that prohibited bakers from using unenriched flour products, Gottfried worked for eight months on an effort to repeal the law from the 1970s. Under that law, bakers like Gottfried had to use flours enriched with vitamins and minerals that get stripped away through the milling process. Sponsored by Representative Dixon McMakin, Louisiana HB 1100, which lifted the restriction on using unenriched flour, passed and officially became law on August 1. “Our aim as a bread bakery and a dough manufacturer was to try and really clean up the ingredients and have clean labels,” he says. Gottfried says some people cannot tolerate certain flour enrichments, like folic acid, and that they can upset consumers’ stomachs.