Where To Buy Local Bread Atlanta

Bread has been a staple food in the human diet since Ancient Egypt. Though it isn’t certain when exactly it was that leavened bread was created, one can speculate how it may have come about by “accident.” A baker may have had their flour and water mixture prepared, which sat in a warm environment for long enough that natural yeasts in the air settled in to the mixture and went to work, fermenting and creating a natural chemical process that would cause it to rise when baked. This new bread must have been lighter and tasted far superior to the dense, hockey puck loaf that was the norm.

Leavened bread was created by a starter, or levain as the french call it, for thousands of years. When the industrial revolution came about in the late 1800’s, bread would be changed forever. Companies found that they could refine wheat to create white flour and use machinery to produce larger quantities of bread at a time. White bread became the preferred bread at the time.

In the 1940’s when malnutrition became more prevalent in the United States, commercial flour began going through the process of enrichment, where vitamins were added in an attempt to increase the nutritional value. After WWII, much of the commercial flour became bleached with chlorine in an effort to gain higher shelf stability. These processes have taken bread far away from it’s roots and depleted much of it’s nutritional value.

Bread made from whole grains, and untouched by the chemical process, retains over 30 essential vitamins and minerals that are natural to wheat. Whole grain wheat retains all of the protein, fiber, and nutrients that make bread a nutritious food. A diet rich in whole grains have been associated with a lower risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and obesity. Replacing grain intake with whole grains can be a great step toward better health.

Nature’s Garden delivers organic produce and groceries right to your door. They also carry fresh locally baked bread from The Real Bread Company. They mill their own grains to produce the whole wheat flour used in their products. By baking with flour the same day it is milled, their bread retains its maximum nutrient level, without losing out due to oxidization. Experience the difference with bread from The Real Bread Company, delivered right to you by Nature’s Garden!