# What is "Granary-Style Bread" called in the USA?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-granary-style-bread-called-in-the-usa/1013022
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [January 15, 2025, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-granary-style-bread-called-in-the-usa/1013022 "2025-01-15T20:09:31Z")
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### Author:  [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2025, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-granary-style-bread-called-in-the-usa/1013022/1 "2025-01-15T20:09:31Z")
I am trying to make a British cheese & onion sandwich. I think I know how I want to do the filling but I also need to get the bread. My understanding is that a classic cheese and onion sandwich is on something called granary-style Bread. I think the “-style” is added because Granary Bread is a trademark name for one particular brand.
I got this from the interwebz:
> Granary-Style Bread is a classic English brown bread made with a mixture of whole wheat and white flours, with cracked grains of malted barley and wheat.
I want to buy this bread but I’m in the US. What is this kind of bread called here? I have seen suggestions that it’s called “malted grain” or “malted” but these names could mean different things for different brands, particularly, the seeds may be very different from brand to brand. Does anyone know how I can find that same bread (or close to it) in the US?
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### Author:  [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2025, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-granary-style-bread-called-in-the-usa/1013022/2 "2025-01-15T20:16:26Z")
“Mixed grain” or “12-grain” probably. “Heritage” is another term that might be used.
The “malt bread” sold in Canadian supermarkets tastes a lot like this, but it doesn’t come in cans:
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMWrk_94L8Y)
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### Author:  [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2025, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-granary-style-bread-called-in-the-usa/1013022/3 "2025-01-15T20:18:58Z")
Don’t know if this will work for you (possible territory issues) but this example lists the ingredients
[https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/254944133?\_gl=1\*1ojymgk\*\_up\*MQ](https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/254944133?_gl=1*1ojymgk*_up*MQ)…_\_ga_MTQ2NjIzMjgzMy4xNzM2OTcyMjAy\*\_ga\_33B19D36CY\*MTczNjk3MjIwMS4xLjAuMTczNjk3MjIwMS4wLjAuMTYwOTY4MjEzMQ…
j
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### Author:  [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2025, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-granary-style-bread-called-in-the-usa/1013022/4 "2025-01-15T20:19:12Z")
I’m unaware of any generic name, like you might be able to ask for. You’d just need to look through the ingredients/description of any particular bread that you encounter to figure out whether it might come out to be something like you want. Or make your own.
You might try some multigrain breads to see if they get you into the zone but, even there, that could give you anything from a hard crusted hearty bread to something more like a soft, squishy sandwich bread. You would need to try or review a few to find something in the right territory.
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### Author:  [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2025, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-granary-style-bread-called-in-the-usa/1013022/5 "2025-01-15T20:24:22Z")
Presumably the same info from Hovis’ own website:
> **[Hovis® Granary® Wholemeal](https://www.hovis.co.uk/products/hovis-granary-wholemeal)**
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> Hovis® Granary® Wholemeal combines the distinctive malty taste, discovered by the Benedictine Monks of Burton Abbey with the richness in character of our wholemeal, a much-loved family favourite for breakfast and lunch.
j
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### Author:  [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2025, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-granary-style-bread-called-in-the-usa/1013022/6 "2025-01-15T20:25:25Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#):
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> You might try some multigrain breads to see if they get you into the zone but, even there, that could give you anything from a hard crusted hearty bread to something more like a soft, squishy sandwich bread. You would need to try or review a few to find something in the right territory.
Thanks. Yeah. My big concern is that an American bread called sprouted or malted or multi-grain could potentially be wildly different from granary bread. I’m not really up to trying 20 different breads to see which, if any, are like the British bread I seek.
I can try to suss it out by reading the ingredients but I’m not confident that finding bread with the same ingredients will give me the same bread. And at this time I am unable to make the bread myself.
I wonder if this is a use-case where an AI search could actually help me. Maybe I can get it to search for American bread bands that have the same ingredient list of Brit granary-style bread?
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### Author:  [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2025, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-granary-style-bread-called-in-the-usa/1013022/7 "2025-01-15T20:29:40Z")
Yeah, go on Amazon. Ask “Rufus”, their AI guy.
I just looked. You know you can buy Altar/communion bread?
It strikes me funny, Amazon sells the body of Christ. You truly can get anything there.
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### Author:  [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2025, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-granary-style-bread-called-in-the-usa/1013022/8 "2025-01-15T20:31:28Z")
Off topic.
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### Author:  [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2025, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-granary-style-bread-called-in-the-usa/1013022/9 "2025-01-15T20:31:33Z")
Check out your local abbeys. You might find something local.
I buy honey and some other items from a local monastery in Virginia. They don’t make bread but a lot of abbeys do.
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### Author:  [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2025, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-granary-style-bread-called-in-the-usa/1013022/10 "2025-01-15T20:34:07Z")
Well, tangentially. It’s about bread.
Just sayin’
Sorry.
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### Author:  [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2025, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-granary-style-bread-called-in-the-usa/1013022/11 "2025-01-15T20:36:15Z")
Googling, you can _buy_ Hovis Granary Bread Flour from Amazon, for about $16 for a kilo.
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### Author:  [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2025, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-granary-style-bread-called-in-the-usa/1013022/12 "2025-01-15T20:37:15Z")
American sourdough bread is often sold as rustic loaves that aren’t pre-sliced. I like using it to make grilled sandwiches with cheese.
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### Author:  [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2025, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-granary-style-bread-called-in-the-usa/1013022/13 "2025-01-15T20:37:56Z")
How does that compare to, say, B & M Brown Bread? Available via [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/B-M-Bread-Brown-Plain/dp/B00FL41H4S) or perhaps a grocer local to the OP.
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### Author:  [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2025, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-granary-style-bread-called-in-the-usa/1013022/14 "2025-01-15T20:40:37Z")
I can’t help with the bread, but a cheese and onion sandwich sounds awesome and I’d be interested in the recipe/ingredients (I’m assuming there is more to it than cheese and onions on granary bread).
> [@Sage\_Rat](#):
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> Off topic.
> [@Beckdawrek](#):
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> Sorry.
I, for one, found that an interesting aside.
mmm
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### Author:  [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2025, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-granary-style-bread-called-in-the-usa/1013022/15 "2025-01-15T20:43:01Z")
Ehhh - you’re putting my ignorance on display here. I don’t recall ever seeing an equivalent in the US, but then I haven’t been to the US in quite a few years - all I remember of American bread is: white and disturbingly sweet. (YMMV, of course).
j
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### Author:  [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2025, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-granary-style-bread-called-in-the-usa/1013022/16 "2025-01-15T20:44:07Z")
That’s the commercially-available version of the substance in the video posted by @terentii.
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### Author:  [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2025, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-granary-style-bread-called-in-the-usa/1013022/17 "2025-01-15T20:45:47Z")
> [@Treppenwitz](#):
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> American bread is: white and disturbingly sweet.
Some of it is, but not all. A good supermarket will have a wide variety of bread for sale, from spongy Wonder to rustic loaves baked in-store.
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### Author:  [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2025, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-granary-style-bread-called-in-the-usa/1013022/18 "2025-01-15T21:03:31Z")
> [@Treppenwitz](#):
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> Ehhh - you’re putting my ignorance on display here. I don’t recall ever seeing an equivalent in the US, but then I haven’t been to the US in quite a few years - all I remember of American bread is: white and disturbingly sweet. (YMMV, of course).
> j
I have not eaten white bread in a longtime.
Oatmeal bread, multi grain, 12 grain, etc.
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### Author:  [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2025, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-granary-style-bread-called-in-the-usa/1013022/19 "2025-01-15T21:06:25Z")
Well, it’s just a weird cracker until it undergoes the sacrament, so it’s not really that surprising.
That whole business is a weird one.
[The Surprisingly Cutthroat Business of Communion Crackers](https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-surprisingly-cutthroat-business-of-communion-crackers/)
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### Author:  [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2025, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-granary-style-bread-called-in-the-usa/1013022/20 "2025-01-15T21:09:04Z")
Ooops - no blanket attack on American bread intended.
On every trip we’ve been on, either business or vacation, the bread I’ve eaten has typically been what that day’s restaurant provided - never been in a position to choose my own. And I guess I should add that I haven’t been to the US in well over a decade, so even my little knowledge may be well out of date.
j
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