Sam's Rye Bread Latvian 700g

Sam's Rye Bread Latvian 700g

Traditional Latvian Rye bread or Rupjmaize is a traditional dark bread made from rye and is the staple of the Latvian diet. The first written references to Latvian rye bread are found in a recipes book dating back to 1901. The bread is made in a wood fuelled hearth furnace from coarse rye flour, with the addition of malt and caraway seeds as ingredients, giving the bread its characteristic flavour and aroma.

Ingredients: rye flour 35%, wheat flour 24%, water, dried rye sourdough concentrate 4.5%, rafined sugar syrup, rye malt 3%, wheat bran, yeast, salt, improver (wheat flour, bean flour, enzymes (wheat), flour treatment agent
E300), wheat gluten, cumin.

Allergens: Wheat, rye.  May contain traces of eggs, peanuts, soy, nuts, sesame seeds

Product of Latvia

Net weight: 700g
 

Rye is one of those grains that is difficult to grow in Australia because we have a very different soil topology here to where rye comes from in Central Europe. Thus, our rye flour is quite harsh by comparison with the European's offering, according to German bakers who have worked extensively with rye.

Here in Australia we also have less grades of rye flour too - ours tends to be quite coarse, and so it's difficult to make a lighter rye bread with what's available domestically.

Having said that, there is a strong demand for all kinds of rye breads, and for good reason - rye has a wonderful, tangy flavour, and makes quite amazing sourdough starter. Really, rye and sourdough go together!

Rye bread is rich with benefitial nutrients, improves digestion, helps weight loss, maintains healthier blood sugar levels, prevents diabetes and heart disease etc.

Read more about Rye Bread Health Benefits in our Blog.