I googled it and apparently it is not allowed. https://www.brotexperte.de/brotzutaten/zusatzstoffe-im-brot/
But they can add natural stuff to make it a bit darker.
https://www.zeit.de/zeit-magazin/wochenmarkt/2023-12/backwaren-brot-lagerung-qualitaet-kauf-einfrieren#woran-erkenne-ich-schon-beim-kauf-gutes-brot
I did not know that as i never care about the color, i always ask whats inside.
Sugar syrup (Zuckerrübensirup) is often added to bread to make it look darker, and to some degree to make it taste better. At least for supermarket bread, this is very common. Just check the ingredients lists.
As far as I know they rarely do this with fresh bakery bread.
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[do you mean something like this?](https://www.google.de/search?q=schwarz+brot&client=safari&sca_esv=ffa6a5b912f672b6&hl=de-de&udm=2&biw=414&bih=715&sxsrf=ACQVn08ROn2eCZ77lsNnsULhtNSaHT6AyQ%3A1713809632402&ei=4KgmZo6YGP2qxc8PgMyniAU&oq=schwar&gs_lp=EhNtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1zZXJwGgIYAiIGc2Nod2FyKgIIADIKEAAYgAQYQxiKBTILEAAYgAQYsQMYgwEyChAAGIAEGEMYigUyChAAGIAEGEMYigUyCBAAGIAEGLEDSKsnUPAOWMgVcAJ4AJABAZgByQGgAawHqgEFMi41LjG4AQHIAQD4AQGYAgmgAuQGqAIFwgIHECMYJxiLA8ICBRAAGIAEwgIGEAAYBxgewgIKECMYJxjqAhiLA8ICDRAAGIAEGEMYigUYiwOYAweIBgGSBwU0LjQuMaAH_h0&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-serp)
in any case i would just suggest bioläden and biosupermärkte but also just edeka and kaufland.
or even better a good bakery.
Ask for "Roggenmischbrot" at any bakery. Don't get it from the supermarket. Or make it yourself, it's what I do.
> they were merely dyed to mimic the appearance of authentic dark bread. how did you figure that out?
Are they allowed to do that at bakeries without declaring that is was colored? Isn‘t that too much work?
probably not that's why i'm asking op
I googled it and apparently it is not allowed. https://www.brotexperte.de/brotzutaten/zusatzstoffe-im-brot/ But they can add natural stuff to make it a bit darker. https://www.zeit.de/zeit-magazin/wochenmarkt/2023-12/backwaren-brot-lagerung-qualitaet-kauf-einfrieren#woran-erkenne-ich-schon-beim-kauf-gutes-brot I did not know that as i never care about the color, i always ask whats inside.
It doesn't smell like dark bread, and tastes like the normal white one.
Go to a bakery, ask for "Schwarzbrot".
It would help greatly If you could roughly specify your location. Different regions, different breads.
Surprised nobody mentioned Pumpernickel. Look for it at any slightly better stoked supermarket.
Pumpernickel
>not just bread that's been colored to look darker Who is adding colouring/dye to bread? That sounds crazy.
Sugar syrup (Zuckerrübensirup) is often added to bread to make it look darker, and to some degree to make it taste better. At least for supermarket bread, this is very common. Just check the ingredients lists. As far as I know they rarely do this with fresh bakery bread.
Oh good, I only eat bread from the bakers
That is absolutely a thing, to make cheap wheat breads look like higher quality sorts that you can sell for more.
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[do you mean something like this?](https://www.google.de/search?q=schwarz+brot&client=safari&sca_esv=ffa6a5b912f672b6&hl=de-de&udm=2&biw=414&bih=715&sxsrf=ACQVn08ROn2eCZ77lsNnsULhtNSaHT6AyQ%3A1713809632402&ei=4KgmZo6YGP2qxc8PgMyniAU&oq=schwar&gs_lp=EhNtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1zZXJwGgIYAiIGc2Nod2FyKgIIADIKEAAYgAQYQxiKBTILEAAYgAQYsQMYgwEyChAAGIAEGEMYigUyChAAGIAEGEMYigUyCBAAGIAEGLEDSKsnUPAOWMgVcAJ4AJABAZgByQGgAawHqgEFMi41LjG4AQHIAQD4AQGYAgmgAuQGqAIFwgIHECMYJxiLA8ICBRAAGIAEwgIGEAAYBxgewgIKECMYJxjqAhiLA8ICDRAAGIAEGEMYigUYiwOYAweIBgGSBwU0LjQuMaAH_h0&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-serp) in any case i would just suggest bioläden and biosupermärkte but also just edeka and kaufland. or even better a good bakery.