Pão francês (Portuguese, "French bread") is a short cylindrical bread roll with a soft white crumb and a golden crispy shell that is popular in Brazil. This bread has different names throughout the different states in Brazil such as pão de sal (salt bread), cacetinho (little baton), carioquinha (little Carioca), pão de água (water bread), pão Jacó (Jacob bread), pão filão (loaf bread), pão aguado (watery bread), and pão careca (bald bread).
Despite its name, pão francês is unique to Brazil and is not a bread from France.
Pão francês is the most popular bread in Brazil. It is eaten at breakfast, lunch, and dinner and can be found in a variety of dishes. Pão francês is the base of many sandwiches, such as Brazilian hot dogs, bauru, buraco quente, and x-caboquinho.