Sliced bread
A loaf of brown bread sliced to uniform thickness by a bread slicing machine | |
| Type | Bread |
|---|---|
| Main ingredients | bread |
| Variations | slice, roll |
| 250 kcal (1,000 kJ) | |
Sliced bread is a loaf of bread, sliced with a machine and packaged for convenience, as opposed to the consumer cutting it with a knife. It was first sold in 1928, advertised as "the greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread was wrapped". By 1933, around 80% of bread sold in the US was pre-sliced, leading to the popular idiom "greatest thing since sliced bread".