Nutritional Components of Bread

Bread  which has become staple food for majority of house hold across the globe  contains various ingredients which provides nutrition to the masses . Several countries have passed laws to fortify  breads with essential minerals and vitamins  such as folic acid , iron , , vitamins and calcium  etc .Interestingly in India we don't have any compulsory fortification  law  apart  from standards for food additives used in bread . (BIS and PFA Act) however bread manufacturer  add few ingredients  to  enhance nutritional  value of bread .Bread being product of common masses its  important that  its fortified by manufacturers to  give consumers  a healthy food . Governments in most countries monitors the prices  and quality  directly  on indirectly  has  to ensure  that  manufacturers  add  essential  nutritious   ingredients  into their products  either through legal  food laws or through  industry   associations .

List of nutritional components in bread

Proteins

Carbohydrate and  starch

Sugar
Dietary  Fibres 
Fat

Calcium

Iron

Vitamins
Thiamine
Niacin
Riboflavin
Potassium
Sodium
Magnesium
Phosphorus

Foliate

Thus  bread  becomes  the cheapest and  nutritious  food  in comparison to other staple food  consisting of  minerals , vitamins and proteins .

Chitrajan Dar CEO ITC Foods Speak s On Business Strategy

ITC  foods  a food arm of  India,'s major corporate house ITC ltd , which has business spread out to  tobacco , papers , hotels , lifestyle , packaged food  and Agri  commodities. ITC  ltd  major earnings come from tobacco business and are leader in this category . To make ITC less dependent on tobacco earnings it has diversified in to  foods and personal care segment  making it into league  of HUL , PG , Kraft and Pepsi .  Chitrajan  Dar  has taken over from Ravi Navare as CEO of it Food division ITC  Foods.Sun feast brands of biscuit s   have made a mark  on biscuit segment giving tough competition to already entrenched players  like Britannia and Parle . Taking advantage of  huge network of  existing  dealers  and distribution channels  ITC  could well become a  major brand in biscuit  segment

Speaks  to ET 

ITC Foods, the maker of Bingo! Chips, Sunfeast biscuits and Yippee! Noodles, has gained a reputation of being a disruptive player. Contributing 12-13% to its parent's revenue, the division turned the corner last fiscal. Its boss, chief executive Chitranjan Dar , though, is reluctant to take all the credit. He says he took over when brands were established and the division only needed consolidation.

The strength of ITC Foods lies in sourcing staples through its e-choupal system that offers direct contact with farmers and a distribution channel that piggybacks on the equity enjoyed by Wills cigarettes across corner outlets. Dar, who has had a three-decade-run at the cigarettes-to-hotels group, tells Sarah Jacob how the division is now focused on a high-margin, value-added products strategy and is working on developing healthier offerings.

 Excerpts from an interview:

Where does Sunfeast stand in the biscuits segment?


Our market share is a third of what Britannia and Parle
Products have. (Industry estimates peg Sunfeast's market share at 11%).
We are looking at profitable growth by following a higher margin,
value-added strategy. We have been focusing on the mid-market and
premium segment and less on glucose biscuits. We launched Marie oats,
Special cookies, premium creams, choco fills and relaunched Marie and
Dark Fantasy.

source
The Economic Times