A brand new bakery in Visakhapatnam experiments with preservative-free artisanal breads

Cookies baked with Breadway with out preservatives and synthetic emulsifiers dished out at Breadway bakery in Visakhapatnam.
| Photograph Credit score: KR Deepak

The candy odor of freshly-baked multi-grain bread greets us as we enter this cosy bakery. Breadway, an artisanal bakery positioned at Murli Nagar in Visakhapatnam, is the “house of chemical free bakes”.

Metropolis-based V Ok Sharat began thisenterprise in 2022 primarily based on the idea that the meals we devour instantly determines our well being. Unfold over 2,000 sq ft., the bakery focuses on providing genuine flavours with a spread of pizzas, sandwiches, pancakes, truffles and breads and extra.

“Since we don’t use any chemical or synthetic elements to lengthen shelf life, we show solely what’s baked recent daily and exchange every merchandise with new ones solely as soon as they get bought out,” says Sharat.

In the course of the pandemic, when the main focus shifted to meals and well being, Sharat was drawn in direction of the meals processing methodology. In his quest for understanding the science behind meals preparation and processing in essentially the most pure strategies, Sharat started to review bakeries. “Many bakery items depend on chemical elements like synthetic emulsifiers. Mass-produced breads use these emulsifiers to extend shelf life. These might mess up intestine microbiome,” says Sharat.

Sharat provides, “We don’t use any of those chemical components in our merchandise.”

Sharat did his commencement in Structure and submit commencement in Metropolis Planning from IIT Kharagpur earlier than he embarked upon his new enterprise. “What we eat has extra significance than we realise. It’s as important for vitamin and our expertise of the world as it’s for a sustainable ecology. I stepped into meals enterprise for the love of meals,” says Sharat.

In line with him, any entire ingredient tastes totally different from its extract or imitation flavour. “It’s extra complicated and never as clear because the style we now have acquired used to within the present market. That’s the rationale why we use entire fruits and herbs in our baked merchandise,” provides Sharat. 

The colors on theme truffles are derived from pure meals colors comparable to blue pea flower to supply shades of blue, yellow for turmeric and occasional and cocoa for browns. The bakery additionally brews its personal kombucha.

Sharat is at present experimenting with sourdough breads and says its an “acquired style”. Not like the usual store-bought loaf, sourdoughs have a troublesome, crusty exterior and the flavour is a bit more complicated and tangy.

“This European model of constructing bread has turn out to be fairly widespread in metro cities in India; it’s a bit sluggish to catch on in tier-2 cities, however there are bakers in these small cities who’re giving the mass-produced industrial yeast bread a break,” says Sharat.

The method of constructing sourdough is likely one of the most conventional strategies of baking which entails combining flour and water collectively and letting it sit till it ferments, together with a powerful tradition of yeast and lactobacillus.

“The naturally occurring acids and extended fermentation assist to interrupt down the gluten; this in flip makes it straightforward for the physique to digest and to soak up,” explains Sharat. Many of the pizzas bases at Breadway are sourdoughs and one can select from entire wheat or a basic crust. Sharat concludes, “Increasing one’s meals horizons is essential for us. We deal with our retailer like a workshop the place we work on new flavours consistently. We will perceive that some may discover it to be uncommon however we by no means need an expertise to be boring.”