Bread is a baked product made
from wheat flour. It is one of the most important staple foods in the world and
the technology for its production has been in existence for long. There are
evidences from food consumption survey in Nigeria of the astronomic rise in the
consumption of this baked food.
In addition to wheat flour, which
is the basic ingredient in bread, yeast, butter, salt, sugar and water are also
important ingredients. Other food materials like beverages can also be added
based on individual delight. Each of the ingredients
has its peculiar purpose in improving the physical characteristics of the
final product.
Bread, despite lack of some basic
nutrients, it is generally accepted and of as such belong to class of food
people called ‘convenience food.Leafy vegetables represent inexpensive but high
quality nutritional sources, for the poor segment of the population especially
where malnutrition is on the increase.
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