Eli5: Why is flour, the most potentially disastrous food substance outside of liquid. Typically kept in paper bags, the worst at disaster prevention.

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Edit: sorry I was a little sarcastic and misunderstood. I didn’t mean literally disastrous (like explosive as some have you mentioned). I meant just really annoying when spilled.

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Paper bags are cheap. There’s no other reason really. It’s not liquid or chemically reactive so you don’t need plastic/glass/metal. Many people will dump the flour into a reusable plastic container once they get home anyways, so there’s no real benefit in bundling a more expensive package with the flour when it’s just gonna get thrown awyay.