Bread is a popular choice for breakfast or as a staple food because of its convenience.
However, some people worry that eating bread will make them gain weight. Different types of bread have varying calorie counts and tastes.
1. Hard Bread
Taste: Hard crust with a soft inside.
Ingredients: Contains less oil, sugar, egg, and milk. Mainly made from flour, salt, and yeast fermented to create a more natural taste.
Varieties: Baguettes, German-style bread, etc.
Calories: 250-300 calories per 100g.
Hard bread is not high in calories. Choosing hard bread with lower or no oil, sugar, egg, and milk is a good option for breakfast.
2. Soft Bread
Taste: Soft, fluffy, and moist.
Ingredients: Contains more oil, sugar, and custard. Made from flour and yeast with additional ingredients such as eggs, milk, sugar, and butter to create a soft texture.
Varieties: Dinner rolls, toast, etc.
Calories: About 300 calories per 100g.
Soft bread may not be the best choice for those on a diet, but it is not very high in calories, so it can be enjoyed occasionally.
3. Fatty Bread
Taste: High in oil with a crispy and delicious texture.
Ingredients: Contains a lot of oil, sugar, egg, and milk.
Varieties: Croissants, Danish pastries, etc.
Calories: About 400 calories per 100g.
Fatty bread is high in calories and may not be the best choice for those trying to lose weight.
4. Whole Wheat Bread
Taste: Rough texture with a light cereal flavor.
Ingredients: Made from whole wheat flour which retains the bran and wheat germ during processing. Also includes milk, egg, and butter.
Nutritional Value: Rich in crude fiber, B vitamins, zinc, potassium, and other minerals.
Calories: About 250 calories per 100g.
Whole wheat bread is a good option for those trying to lose weight as it is low in calories.
5. Black Rye Bread
Taste: Rough texture with a slightly sour and chewy taste.
Ingredients: Made from rye flour with eggs, sugar, milk powder, salt, yeast, and water.
Nutritional Value: Contains B vitamins, protein, phosphorus, and potassium.
Calories: About 250 calories per 100g.
Rye bread has an acidic taste that may not be to everyone's liking.
6. White Bread
Taste: Soft and slightly sweet.
Ingredients: Made from fine wheat flour with low amounts of sugar and oil.
Nutritional Value: The outermost and innermost layers of the grain are removed during processing, resulting in the loss of about 25% of the protein and some dietary fiber. Most of what remains is starch.
Calories: 250-300 calories per 100g.
7. Germ Bread
Taste: Coarse texture with a salty-sweet taste.
Ingredients: Made from germ flour with high flour content along with whole wheat flour and wheat germ mixed with salt and honey.
Nutritional Value: Wheat germ contains protein, dietary fiber, vitamins, linoleic acid, and linolenic acid.
Calories: About 250 calories per 100g.
Germ bread has a satisfying flavor that becomes more pronounced the more you chew it.
