The first bread was made 14000 years ago!

Bread's origins can be traced back to the Natufian period, around 14,500 years ago, where hunter-gatherers in Jordan made bread-like products from wild cereals.

Early bread was likely flatbread, made by grinding grains and baking them on heated stones. Leavened bread, using yeast for rising, emerged later, possibly in southern Mesopotamia around 6000 BC.

The earliest evidence of bread-making comes from the Natufian culture in Jordan. They utilized wild cereals like Triticum boeoticum (wild einkorn) and root foods to create flatbread-like products.

Flatbreads, like those made with coarsely crushed grain and water, were baked on heated stones. These early forms of bread are still found in many parts of the world, such as flatbreads in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa.

The discovery of yeast and its use in leavening bread is thought to have occurred in southern Mesopotamia around 6000 BC. The Sumerians, who developed a sophisticated civilization in this area, may have passed this knowledge on to the Egyptians.

Ancient Egyptians, known for their brewing expertise, were likely the first to create sourdough bread. Bread and wheat were essential to their culture, with bread even being sold in markets.

The industrial revolution brought advancements in milling and baking, leading to faster and easier bread production. In 1927, Otto Friedrich Roeder invented a machine that sliced and wrapped bread, which became popular in the 1930s.