The 12 Types of Bread — And Why They Exist

Every kind of bread, explained one at a time — what each one is, where it came from, and why it exists at all. Twelve breads, four ingredients between them, and not one of them was designed. From the square supermarket loaf built to survive a factory, to the French decree that says a baguette may contain only four things, to an Ethiopian flatbread fermented for three days and cooked on one side only. The 12 breads in this video: White sandwich bread — Baguette — Sourdough — Ciabatta — Focaccia — Pita — Tortilla — Naan — Bagel — Brioche — Pumpernickel — Injera Chapters 0:00 Four ingredients, thirty loaves 0:42 White sandwich bread 1:24 Baguette 2:11 Sourdough 2:55 Ciabatta 3:40 Focaccia 4:22 Pita 5:05 Tortilla 5:48 Naan 6:31 Bagel 7:14 Brioche 7:59 Pumpernickel 8:47 Injera 9:36 Why there are so many Every kind of food and drink, broken down variety by variety — what each one is, where it came from, and what makes it different from the rest. All videos are voiced by a professional human voice artist and edited by a human video editor. #bread #sourdough #foodexplained