White Bread

White bread is a soft, pale wheat loaf with a fine, uniform crumb and a thin golden crust. It tastes mildly sweet and yeasty, toasts evenly, and compresses easily for fillings; common uses include sandwiches, toast, breadcrumbs, croutons, and bread pudding. Sold as sliced sandwich loaves and bakery pan loaves.

Industrial roller milling enabled refined white flour, and commercial yeast and pan baking popularized soft white sandwich loaves in the early 20th century across North America and Europe. Today bakeries and factories produce it worldwide using refined wheat flour, yeast, water, salt, and small amounts of sugar and fat.