Benefits Of Sourdough Bread

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The bakery industry in Malaysia is still not as important as other Europe countries such as French, U.S and U.K where bread is one of their staple food. In Malaysia, our staple food is more to white rice and noodles. However, it does not mean that Malaysians do not eat bread at all. Bread is one of the most favourite food used to substitute white rice. (Chin, 2005) However, bread that commonly consume by Malaysian is none other than white sandwich bread, either from brand Gardenia or Stanson Bakery who produced range of Hi Five product. Sourdough bread is less well known by Malaysian. In fact, sourdough bread is already widely accepted by our neighbouring countries such as Thailand and Singapore. Sourdough bread is one of the artisan bread which baked with a crispy and hard crust different with the soft and fluffy white sandwich bread. According to a report reported by The Star newspaper, artisan bread or sourdough bread is less known by Malaysia is due to people here are too often or always buying the …show more content…

We have to let all the Malaysians know about its health benefits. Modern society had became more aware of the health issue and more willingly to pay more in exchange for a healthy food and meal. LAB produce organic acid during fermentation, this acid is so useful that it decrease the glycemic index of the bread by depleting the damaged starch in the flour and it makes the bread easier to digest as the organic acid “pre-digested” the bread by breaking down the protein as well as gluten. For those whom allergic to gluten and having problem controlling their blood glucose level, sourdough bread is the safe choice for them. Moreover, LAB also produces some nutrient as their by-products such as Vitamin B complex that enriched the nutrient density in sourdough bread. The benefits of sourdough bread are more than these. Sourdough bread is definitely a lot healthier than those loaves of white sandwich bread selling on

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