The new sliced bread that will boost your gut health and immunity Hailed as 'the best thing since veg', this 16-ingredient wonder bread has taken the culinary world by storm, and for good reason 28 June 2021 • 5:00am Britain's top scientists have worked with Melissa Sharp, the co-founder of Oxfordshire's Modern Baker Credit: Heathcliff O'Malley If you had to name staple foods contributing to Britain’s poor diet – one of the factors blamed for this country’s high death toll from Covid-19 – there’s little doubt industrially-made sliced bread would be near the top of the list. Over eight million loaves of it are produced a day in the UK, but, even though many of us likely now plump for wholesome-sounding wholegrain over simple sliced white, most of those lack any significant nutrition.