HISTORY OF BREAD

By Ángel Santiago.
 HISTORY OF BREAD

Bread has been one of

the principal forms of
food for man from
earliest time. (since 8,000
years ago)

Different kind of breads

 BREAD IN STONE AGE

In the Stone Age (7,500 years old), people made

solid cakes from stone-crushed barley and wheat.
They used to use a stone for grinding corn.
corn
 ANCIENT EGYPTIANS

Ancient Egyptians are one of the oldest baker. They baked

bread over 5,000 years ago. Bread is mentioned in the Bible
many times, and The ancient Greeks and Romans knew
bread is one of the important human food.
 ROMANS (168 years B.C)

A Bakers' Group was formed in Rome round about the year

168 B.C. From then on the industry began as a profession .
The Greeks and Romans prefer white bread
 BREAD IN EARLY TIMES

Bakers at their work during the Middle Ages in England.

Until Modern mechanization, the tools of the baker changed
but little over the centuries.
TODAY

There are several kind of

breads nowdays. It’s a
simple, cheap, and
adaptable type of food,
bread is often referred as a
nutritive "food" in general,
THANK YOU