--- title: Know Your Food: Our Daily Bread | daily.dev description: A detailed look at how modern bread is made, tracing the journey from wheat fields through industrial milling to the supermarket shelf. Covers the anatomy of a... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/know-your-food-our-daily-bread-cfipmul4a twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Know Your Food: Our Daily Bread | daily.dev og:description: A detailed look at how modern bread is made, tracing the journey from wheat fields through industrial milling to the supermarket shelf. 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Addresses the nutritional debate between artisan and industrial loaves, concluding that regulated industrial bread is nutritionally sound, even if artisan bread offers superior flavour and texture. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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