In fact, if we analyze steamed bread and bread from nutrition, steamed bread in China is even more nutritious than bread. Because steamed bread is steamed, the nutrition of flour remains in steamed bread, which makes it easier for people to digest and absorb. Bread is baked at high temperature. The vitamins and lysine in flour are lost, and the starch is not gelatinized, so it is more difficult to be digested by the human body when it is eaten in the stomach. So why is bread more expensive than steamed bread?
1, more bread ingredients
If you have made steamed bread at home, you must know that making steamed bread is not as complicated as you think. All you need is flour, yeast and water. After kneading the dough, you can wake it up for a while and put it on the steamer. There are many raw materials for bread, which need flour, yeast, oil, sugar, salt, eggs, milk powder and other materials. If you want to make more delicious bread, you may need some auxiliary materials, such as coconut, coconut slices, red beans and raisins.
2. The raw materials of bread are more expensive.
Not to mention that so many auxiliary materials are needed to make bread, let's talk about flour for making bread. The price of professional bread flour is much more expensive than ordinary flour. Wheat flour for bread requires stronger gluten, while flour for steamed bread requires less. In other words, professional bread flour can be made into high-quality steamed bread, while ordinary flour can't make delicious bread.
3. The process of making bread is more complicated.
From the production technology, the production of steamed bread is relatively simple, and it usually takes about one and a half hours from kneading dough to making steamed bread, so families in northern China will make big steamed bread by themselves, which tastes fresh. However, making bread is very troublesome. The steps of kneading dough, kneading dough, fermenting, relaxing and shaping, secondary fermentation, baking and so on will greatly prolong the bread making time, which may not be finished in two or three hours.
4. The operating cost of bakery is high.
Looking back at the steamed bread shops and bakeries you have seen, you will know that the decoration of bakeries is generally exquisite and elegant, clean and tidy, and some bakeries have to make their own brands, plus the research and development of new products, which is very expensive. The taste of steamed bread is basically unchanged, and there is no need for research and development expenses. Steamed bread also appears more in breakfast shops, all of which are self-employed and cannot form a scale, so the price is cheaper.