Compound feed, not bread - something similar can be said about flour products by residents of some regions of the former Soviet republics. The quality of bread has really fallen dramatically in recent decades. Bread quickly deteriorates and grows moldy, and most importantly, it does not have very good taste. What is the problem of modern flour products, and was the Soviet bread really of better quality?
Until the end of the 1980s, Soviet bread was indeed many times better than what is produced for consumption by the overwhelming majority of the population in our time. The main reason for this is the same: the change in GOSTs. Soviet standards for flour products were much stricter and higher. Modern ones are much more “loyal” in these issues in relation to manufacturers. The root of the problem lies in the fact that the stricter the standard, the more difficult it is, and therefore the more expensive the production. The higher the cost, the lower the profit.
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First of all, over the past decades, GOSTs have sagged in relation to the requirements for the use of flour. Most modern bread for the mass consumer is baked from grade 4 and 5 flour with a low gluten content - a substance responsible for the elasticity of bread and the possibility of long-term storage. For comparison, the most "lousy" Soviet bread was baked from grade 3 flour. As a result, flour products from the times of the USSR were safely stored for a week or more, and modern products begin to deteriorate after 3 days.
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The quality of other ingredients, including yeast and even the water used in factories to make dough, also sagged. Moreover, baking powder began to be massively added to modern breads, which make the bread porous, reducing its weight and increasing its volume. They also make it possible to reduce the cost of production, but at the same time significantly reduce the maximum possible shelf life of bread. You can not even talk about the taste of the product here.
Continuing the topic, read about 7 forgotten things originally from the USSR, the purpose of which young people are unlikely to guess.
Source: https://novate.ru/blogs/161120/56778/
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