Finding Real Bread: February 2026

The main two options for being able to enjoy delicious, nutritious Real Bread are making or buying it.

(If you're lucky, others might include a public sector canteen or someone else making it for you.)

BIY

Bake It Yourself! Whether by hand or dragging out an under-used machine, making your own Real Bread is simple, doesn’t take much of your time and (because you don’t have a small bakery’s staff costs, overheads etc.) is very affordable.

We have tips and around 100 free recipes on our website, which is also where you can buy our Real Bread books.

Real Bread Map

We invite every bakery in the world that makes one or more Real Bread (by our definition) to create a free listing on our Real Bread Map - and huyndreds have done so.

If your local bakery is missing, please pass on our invitation!

(For answers to FAQ about the map, click on the button on the map page. If you have questions for / about a particular bakery, please contact them.)

Look for The Loaf Mark!

While you’re out and about, keep your eyes peeled for The Real Bread Loaf Mark and The Sourdough Loaf Mark. Around the UK and beyond, there are around 200 bakeries licensed to use The Loaf Mark.

For information about the scheme, please see the notes below the table and for further details (including how to become a licensee) visit The Real Bread Loaf Mark page.

(If you're wondering why the Campaign doesn't publish a list of supermarket Real Bread, please see this article.)

The latest list

Created on 20 February 2026.

Some of these businesses trade in more than one county / area. To find out where you can buy a bakery's Real Bread, you can check our Real Bread Map to see if they've added their details, or search online for their website.

Outside the UK

Notes

The Loaf Mark is a visual aid created by the Real Bread Campaign to help each bakery give their own at-a-glance assurance to shoppers that a particular product is Real Bread, or genuine sourdough bread specifically.

We urge all bakeries / retailers to display full ingredients lists (on packaging, labels or point of sale signage), even when not legally required to do so.

Some licensees only make Real Bread. Others produce one or more products that fall outside the Campaign’s definition and agree not to use The Loaf Mark to market them. Some of the bakeries' products are only available from one site, others from multiple locations. The scheme is open to all types and sizes of bakery, though very few national brands have ever signed up and not one supermarket chain ever has.

The Loaf Mark is not an award, accreditation, membership scheme or certification. Find out more.

See also

Folic acid free flour and bread