Sometimes a maida bread can be a better option than a wholewheat loaf: Things to know before buying ‘healthy’ bread

A wholewheat loaf will generally have a nutritional advantage over bread made primarily with maida because whole grains retain the bran and germ, which provide fibre and other nutrients. Refined wheat flour, or maida, loses much of this fibre during milling. But that does not mean every loaf labell…