Whole wheat bread
Alternative names | Whole grain bread, wholemeal bread |
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Type | Brown bread |
Main ingredients | Whole-wheat flour |
Whole wheat bread or wholemeal bread is a type of
Etymology
Meal in the sense of "flour" is derived from Old English melu and is cognate with modern English "mill", and with Dutch meel (flour), German Mehl (flour) and Old Norse mjǫl (flour).[1]
Overview
The exact composition of products legally marketable as "whole wheat bread" varies from country to country and even within one country. In some cases, the bread is made with whole-grain flour that contains all of the component parts of the grain in the same ratios as they occur in nature, whereas in other cases the bread may include only representative amounts of bran or wheat germ. In
The term "wheat bread" is sometimes used as a marketing tactic to give the impression of a product being whole-wheat bread,
See also
- Graham bread – an early reintroduction of a type of whole grain wheat bread
- Horsebread – a very unrefined bread of medieval Europe
- Kneippbrød – the most popular bread in Norway
- Sprouted bread – a form of whole grain bread where the grains have been sprouted to increase their nutritional levels
- Unifine Mill
References
- ^ "Definition of meal". Dictionary.com. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
- ^ "Whole Grains - Get The Facts - Canada.ca". www.hc-sc.gc.ca. 29 June 2007. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
- ^ "Wheat bread beats white in sales, and it's no big wonder". Archived from the original on 2 November 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
- ^ "Whole Truth Lacking on Whole Grains". ABC News. Retrieved 21 October 2017.