List of British breads

This is a list of bread products made in or originating from Britain. British cuisine is the specific set of cooking traditions and practices associated with the United Kingdom. Bread prepared from mixed grains was introduced to Great Britain around 3700 BC.[1]

Traditional beremeal bannock, as made in Orkney, Scotland. The separated sector is a scone.

Many terms for batched bread have came into Britain throughout history with many widening and narrowing in meaning. Cake as a word narrowed to Sweeter and wetter batters while suffixes kept a general meaning. See also, cake (cake-ie equals cookie) and bread (shortbread and gingerbread) as a suffixes for biscuits).

Terms also developed alternative meanings in separate parts of the islands of Great Britain and Ireland. In parts of the UK, a bun is sweet and a cylindrical bread roll widened in meaning to all batched bread. Opposite parts of the UK, a bun is general and a roll (if not using a specific name) is cylindrical.