Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

Find out how to listen to other BBC stations

Episode details

World Service,3 mins

Why you're still eating wartime bread

The Food Chain

Available for over a year

Bread flour is fortified with micronutrients like calcium and iron, but how did it come about and why do so few consumers know about it? The director of the Federation of Bakers, Gordon Polson, tells the story.

Programme Website
More episodes