Bread is a staple foodstuff, which is made and eaten in most countries around the world. Bread products have evolved to take many forms, each based on quite different and distinctive characteristics. Over the centuries craft bakers have developed our traditional bread varieties using their accumulated knowledge as to how to make best use of their available raw materials to achieve the desired bread quality. In some countries the nature of bread making has retained its traditional form while in others it has changed dramatically. The proliferation of bread varieties derives from the unique properties of wheat proteins to form gluten and from the bakers' ingenuity in manipulating the gluten structures formed within the dough. The rubbery mass of gluten with its ability to deform, stretch, recover shape and trap gases is very important in the production of bread and all fermented products. Of all the cereals, wheat is almost unique in this respect.
Bread is most consumable wheat-based bakery product. It contains high nutritive value. They are easy to digest and compact in size, therefore, its consumption is increasing day by day. Indian bakery industry is spreaded over all small scale; large scale and house hold sectors.
Bakery products in India are now in common use and are no more exclusive to a few households or classes of performs. Even then, unlike advanced countries where breads are considered basic essentials of a household budget, in India the element of capacity to pay "continues to play a significant role. The outlay on bread, thus shares the character of "discreationary" expenditure rather than expenditure on basic is applicable. Thus, due to demand it is a good project for entrepreneurs to invest.
Few Indian Major Players are as under
• Bonn Nutrients Pvt. Ltd.
• Britannia Industries Ltd.
• Candico (I) Ltd.
• Daily Bread Gourmet Foods (India) Pvt. Ltd.
• Elite (India) Ltd.
• Heritage Foods Ltd.
• Just Desserts Ltd.
• Mansingh Hotels & Resorts Ltd.
• Modern Food Inds. (India) Ltd.
• Nimbus Foods Inds. Ltd.
• Saturday Club Ltd.