Bread is a staple food prepared from a dough of flour and water, usually by baking. Throughout recorded history and around the world, it has been an important part of many cultures' diet. It is one of the oldest human-made foods, having been of significance since the dawn of agriculture, and plays an essential role in both religious rituals and secular culture.
Bread may be leavened by naturally occurring microbes (e.g. sourdough), chemicals (e.g. baking soda), industrially produced yeast, or high-pressure aeration, which creates the gas bubbles that fluff up bread. In many countries, commercial bread often contains additives to improve flavor, texture, color, shelf life, nutrition, and ease of production.

Subcategories: Acorn bread Adaml Ambashaam American breads Anadama bread Appam Arepa Avocado toast Baati Baba (Yunnan) Babà rustico Bagel Baguette Balep Balep korkun Banadafil Banana muffin Banana nut muffin Bannock Bannock (Indigenous American) Bao Bap Bara brith Barm cake Barmbrack Basler Brotde Bath bun Bayerische Breze Bazin Bazlama Berliner Knüppelde Bialy Biga Biovait Bireweche Biscuit Blagdanska pogača Luciščak Blagdanski božićni kruh Koledo Blueberry muffin Bolilloes Bollo Bolo Reipt Bolo bao Bolo do cacopt Bolo lêvedopt Boortsog Borotho Boston Brown bread Boston bun Boule Boxed baking mix Boyoz Bozza Pratese Braided bread Bran muffin Branded Cracker Bread dough Bread sauce Breadcrumbs Breading Breadstick Brioche Brioche de Nanterrefr British breads Broapt-br Broa de Avintes Broa de milho Brown bread Bruschetta Bublikuk Buchtelnde Bun Burebrot Bâtard Cabbage Loaf Challah Chapalele Chapati Cheesecake muffin Chelsea Bun Chikwanga Chipa Chleb prądnicki Chocolate chip muffin Choereg Christopsomoel Chumboam Chvishtari Chwee kueh Ciabattait Ciambella all'anice di Veroli Cinnamon toast Ciriola Civraxiu Cocktail Bun Coco Bread Coconut bake Coffin bread Colomba di Pasquait Colston Bun Conger Bread Coppia ferrareseit Corn muffin Cornbread Cornish split Cornmeal biscuit Cornmeal muffin Cracker Crepe Crescentina modeneseit Cresciait Crnogorska pogača Crouton Crumpet Cuban bread Cuchaule Cudduruni (Lentini) Daktylael Danubioit Daujenu namine duona Defo daboam Devonshire split Dinner roll Dirkosham Dosa Dough Dumb Bread Dutch Crunch Easter bread Elayappam Eliopsomoel English muffin Engotchaam Eptazymoel Ereba Fa'apapa Falluefr Faluche Fantan Ficelle Filoneit Finger toast Fitascetta Flannel cake Flatbread Foccaciait Folarpt Folar de Chaves Folar de Valpaços Folar de pascoapt Fougassefr Fried Bake Fried bread Fries roggebrood Frybread Ftira tar-Randanmt Garlic bread Gingerbread Gingerbread cookie Gnocco frittoit Graham Bread Graham cracker Graham cracker crumb Griddle scone Gugelhupfde Gwaramari Gâche de Vendéefr Gözleme Güirila Halguane Hamburger bun Harcha Hard dough bread Hawaiian roll Hawkshead Wig Hoagie roll Hojaldres Hot cross bun Hot-dog bun Houskacz Idiappam Idli Injeraam Italian bread Jewish baked goods Jewish breads Johnnycake Juoda duona Ka'ak Kaiser roll Kakkofi Kallappam Kandil simidi Karydopsomo Kavringse Kaya toast Kentish Huffkins Kete Khbeiza bil tonn Khobz Khobz el dar Khubzah bil a3shab Kinihadfil Kisra Kitchaam Kiymali Pide Kneippbrød Koa-chhâ-pán Kochoam Korovai Koruzna prga Koulouriel Koulouri Thessalonikisel Kpekpele Krachel Kritsiniel Kruh ispod peke Kubaneh Kulcha Laganael Lambropsomoel Lardy cake Lavash Leavening Lemon poppy seed muffin Liberian Rice Bread Limppu Lobiani Malt loaf Manchet Mandarin Roll Mandocaes Mangia e bei Mantou Marraqueta Masna pogača Mastelfr Mchadi Mealie bread Melba toast Michettait Milk roll Milk toast Mini muffin Mmasekuku Moddizzosu Mofo gasy Mogollaes Molletees Monkey Bread Morning Glory muffin Morning bun Muffin Muffuletta Mulmulam Murtabak Mısır ekmeği Naan Navajo Taco New Zealand breads Newfoundland raisin tea bun Nokul Noni Toki Oat muffin Oatcake Obwarzanek krakowski Ogura toast Pa de pages catala Pagnotta del dittaino Pain Haïtien Pain au son Pain aux noixfr Pain aux sonfr Pain brié Pain d'épi Pain de campagne Pain de mie Pain demi-grisfr Palianytsia Pampúshkauk Pan Gallegoes Pan aliñado Colombiano Pan amasado Pan de Acambaro Pan de Alfacar Pan de Cea Pan de Cruz de Ciudad Real Pan de Mallorca Pan de barra Pan de bono Pan de cocofil Pan de monjafil Pan de quesoes Pan de semita Pan de yuca Pan loaf Pan será Pan trenza Colombiano Pandoroit Pane Altopascio Pane Puglieseit Pane Ticinese Pane Toscanoit Pane Valle Maggia Pane carasauit Pane casareccio di Genzanoit Pane de Mugelloit Pane di Altamurait Pane di Laterzait Pane di Materait Pane rustico Pane scioccoit Panettone Panko Pavhi Paximadiel Peniait Pettuleipäfi Phitti Piadinait Pikelet Piki bread Pita Pitha Pitka Plain loaf Pogača Pohorc Pompe à l'huilefr Popover Poppy seed muffin Potato bread Potato bun Potato roll Potato scone Potbrood Pre-ferment Pretzel Prigorska pogača Priška Proziaki Pueblo Bread Pullafi Pumpernickel Puri Qagħaq tal-ħmira Qagħqa tal-appostli Qatlama Quesadilla Salvadoreña Quickbread Rava idli Refrigerated dough product Rewena Bread Rice bread Roll Roosterkoek Rosca de Reyes Roscasfil Roti Roti bolen Rowie Rugbrødda Ruisreikäleipä Rusk Rye bread Saffron cake Saint Lucia bunse Saj bread Salinātā rudzu rupjmaizelv Sally Lunn bun Salt-rising bread Samarkand non Samoon Scaccia Scali Bread Schiacciata con ciccioli Schusterjunge Scone Scottish Oatcake Scottish bread Scottish crumpet Sgabeoit Sha Phaley Sheletoam Shokupanjp-ro Simittr Sirkkaleipäfi Skärgårdslimpafi Slavski kolač Slider bun Soccafr Soda bread Soldiers Somun Sopa Paraguayaes Sourdough bread Sourdough rye starter Spent starter Spicy Sponge (bread-making) Sprouted grain bread St. Galler Brot Staffordshire oatcake Stafidopsomoel Stale bread Starter (bread-making) Stottie cake Sunnmørsbrød Sweet bread Taboon bread Takaku Bread Tangzhong Tapalapa Taralliit Tea cake Teleraes Tequeñoses Texas toast Thengai Bun Tiganopsomoel Tigelleit Tijgerbrood Tingmo Tiropsomo Toast Toast Skagen Toast points Toast sandwich Tohax Tortanoit Tortilla de rescoldo Tropanec Tsourekiel Ttongppangkr-ro Twist bread Unleavened bread Upplandskubb Vannkringler Vasilopita Vasteddait Vattayappam Veldt bread Velikonoční beránekcz Vetkoekaf Viena andaluzaes Vienna roll Vrtanek Vrtanj Walliser Roggenbrot Walnut bread Waterford Blaa White bread Whole wheat bread Yeast bread Zbornjak Zeael Zuhuqam Zwiebackde Øllebrødda Česnicasr Ħobż tal-Malti Żymła
Has language-specific term: Daboam
Characteristic of: Historical cuisine World cuisine
Contains, including ancestors: Wheat
Also known as:
Afrikaans: brood
Croatian: hleb
Czech: chléb
Danish: brød
French: pain
German: Brot
Italian: pane
Polish: chleb
Portuguese: pão
Russian: хлеб
Serbian: hleb
Slovak: chlieb
Slovenian: kruh
Wikidata ID: Q7802
Wikipedia category: Wheat bread
Wikipedia title: Bread
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