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> Bread is getting a bad name, yet whole civilisations have been founded on it. However, modern supermarket bread is quite different to what people were eating

> Bread is getting a bad name, yet whole civilisations have been founded on it. However, modern supermarket bread is quite different to what people were eating even 100 years ago. We've selected for wheat with very high gluten levels as it makes for fluffier bread and we've started adding wheat to almost everything as it's cheap. It's very frustrating to go to a shop and see that products that traditionally don't have any wheat in them, now have wheat added to improve shelf life etc. Things like tortillas, onion bhajis, potato fries (or chips as we call them in the UK) etc. Edit: Had a quick look to see if there's figures for gluten content over time and it looks like I've got the wrong impression from somewhere. This study shows that gluten content has remained relatively static: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200811120112.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200811120112.h...

timeon 2y ago
> onion bhajis, potato fries These kind of foods should be home made. Wheat is lesser issue with them. Even simpler foods like garlic-paste, if bought ready-made in store it contains lot's of unnecessary ingredients. People buy junk food (pre-made meal) and blame wheat.
- ndsipa_pomu 2y ago
  That's one advantage to being gluten sensitive - I don't bother buying those kinds of things now and generally just cook from simpler ingredients. It is annoying to go out to a fancy restaurant and find that they use wheat based tortillas rather than authentic corn - you'd expect them to be making things themselves rather than just buying them from a shop. Just thought of another one - Thai-style fishcakes (e.g. in restaurants). Why are they covered in breadcrumbs when Thai food hardly ever uses wheat?