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Roll
Bread rolls (lower bin) at a German bakery
TypeBread
CourseSide dish
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Assortment of different German style bread rolls
Typical Austrian bread roll, called "Kaisersemmel"

A bread roll is a small, oblong (or round, triangular or rhomboid) individual loaf of bread, usually served with a meal and eaten plain or with butter.[1] Rolls can be served whole or cut and filled to make a sandwich.[2]

Regional variations

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Europe

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Rolls are common throughout Europe, under many names, including local and dialectal ones, often diminutives of "bread".

Rolls range from white rolls made with wheat flour, to dark rolls containing mostly rye flour. Many variants include spices, such as coriander and cumin, or nuts. Also common are bread rolls containing or garnished with whole seeds such as sesame, poppy, pumpkin or sunflower.[citation needed]

French rolls are various bread rolls with a baguette-like crust.[3][4]

In Germany, rolls are Brötchen; in Switzerland, Brötli. Other German names include Rundstück ("round piece") in Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein;[5] Weckerl or more specific Semmel in Austria, Saxony and southern Bavaria; Weck and Weckle in much of Baden-Württemberg, Franconia and Saarland; Schrippe in Berlin and parts of Brandenburg. Some of these names are used in other European languages as well, for example as zsemle in Hungarian, or rundstykker ("round pieces") in Danish and Norwegian. In the Netherlands they are called broodje.[citation needed] The Doppelweck or Doppelbrötchen is a type of bread roll originating from the Saarland consisting of two rolls joined together side-by-side before baking.[citation needed] Similarly, the Röggelchen of the Rhineland is a double rye roll. A lye roll is a roll-shaped pretzel.

The Italian diminutive panino means both the roll and a sandwich made from a roll. The Kaisersemmel reappears in Italy as the Michetta or Rosetta. In Swedish, a bread roll is a (frukost) bulle '(breakfast) bun', franskbrödbulle 'French bread bun' or simply fralla 'bun', and is eaten with butter and a topping (marmalade, cheese, ham, salami) for special weekend breakfasts. In Ticino, Switzerland, pane ticinese is made to separate into rolls.

Carcaça and papo-seco are two traditional Portuguese breads.[citation needed]

On the Spanish island of Mallorca, the llonguet is also known as panet francès, meaning 'small French bread' or 'French bread roll' in Catalan.

There are many regional varieties of bread rolls in the United Kingdom: roll, bap, barm cake, batch, breadcake, bun, cob, teacake and muffin.[6]

In Ireland, the blaa is a specialty of County Kilkenny.

Arab world

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Bread rolls are popular in the Arab world and come in many varieties and names, "French-like" bread rolls exist in many forms.[7]

Eish fino is a baguette-like bread roll that is popular in Egypt.[8] It is also known as Samouli bread (Arabic: صامولي).[9] "Samoon" bread (Arabic: سمون, not to be confused with samoon bread) is used in the Arab world for a variety of medium to high rising breads, like burger buns.[10][11] Other names for or varieties of bread rolls include hamam bread (Arabic: حمام, romanized: ḥamām), popular in Jordan.[7][12]

Bread rolls are consumed in large quantities around the region, and are considered everyday items, to the extent that the price of some varieties of bread rolls is subsidized in some countries, like Jordan,[12] Egypt,[8] and Syria.[11]

Asia

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In Hong Kong and Macau, dyun faat baau (短法包, literally "short French bread" or "short baguette"), also known as the zyu zai baau (豬仔包, "piggy bun"), is used to make pork chop buns.[13]

India

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Fried in butter and served with a mashed vegetable curry, bread rolls (pav) are a key component of the popular Mumbai street snack pav bhaji.

Latin America

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Across Latin America, the terms pan francés (Spanish) or pão francês (Portuguese), both meaning "French bread", refer to various baguette-like bread rolls made with wheat flour, salt, water and yeast.

Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay

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In Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay, pan felipe (Felipe bread) is a commonly eaten French bread roll.

In Uruguay, a denser version is known as pan marsellés (Marseilles bread). The Marseille bread called pan marsellés in Uruguay is different from the Brazilian pão francês. The Brazilian type is less dense and lighter and crispier. However, the Uruguayan version is made with a denser bread dough, resulting in a harder bread (similar to Italian bread), with the crust covered in maize flour before baking.

Bolivia, Chile, and Peru

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In Bolivia and Chile, the marraqueta is sometimes called pan francés. In Peru, the term pan francés (or sometimes called pan francés peruano) is different from the marraqueta.[14]

Brazil

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The most popular bread in Brazil is the light and crispy pão francês. Pão francês is known by several names throughout Brazil, such as cacetinho, pãozinho (little bread), pão de trigo (wheat bread), pão de sal (salt bread), pão de água (water bread), pão aguado (watery bread), careca, and pão Jacó (Jacó bread). It is commonly found in delis and bakeries throughout Brazil.[15][16]

Mexico and Central America

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In the region of Comarca Lagunera in northeastern Mexico, pan francés (or sometimes called pan francés lagunero) is an important part of daily dining.[17]

In other parts of Mexico and Central America, the word pan francés is used to refer to bolillo.

United States

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The Parker House roll is a soft, sweet roll invented in Boston in the 1870s.

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See also

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References

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  1. ↑ Stein, Sadie (April 13, 2015). "Ode to the Buttered Roll, That New York Lifeline". The New York Times. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
  2. ↑ "What is a Sandwich? | British Sandwich Week". British Sandwich & Food to Go Association. Archived from the original on 2023-02-22. Retrieved 18 May 2022. The British Sandwich Association defines a sandwich as: Any form of bread with a filling, generally assembled cold – to include traditional wedge sandwiches, as well as filled rolls, baguettes, bloomers, pita, wraps and bagels.
  3. ↑ "FRENCH ROLL Definition & Meaning". Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  4. ↑ "French roll | Traditional Bread Roll From France | TasteAtlas". www.tasteatlas.com. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  5. ↑ www.abendblatt.de: Hamburger Rundstück (in German)
  6. ↑ Matthew Smith (2018-07-20). "Cobs, buns, baps or barm cakes: what do people call bread rolls?". YouGov. Archived from the original on 2019-10-14. Retrieved 2021-12-02.
  7. 1 2 Ajo, Radwan; Amr, Ayed; Haddadin, Malik (October 2009). FACULTY OF FOOD TECHNOLOGY OSIJEK UNIVERSITY OF OSIJEK, CROATIA Department of Cereal Processing Technologies ICC – INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR CEREAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Proceedings of the 5th INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS EFFECT OF LACTULOSE ON THE QUALITY OF HAMAM BREAD AND ITS STABILITY DURING BAKING. 5th International Congress. Osijek, Croatia: ICC – International Association for Cereal Science and Technology.
  8. 1 2 Deng, Chao; El-Fekki, Amira (23 May 2022). "Egypt's Bread Crisis Awakens Old Fears of Political Unrest". WSJ. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  9. ↑ "تثبيت سعر الخبز الحر لمدة 3 أشهر لامتصاص غضب المصريين قبل رمضان" [The price of bread has been fixed for three months to absorb Egyptians' anger before Ramadan.]. Al-Araby Al-Jadeed. 21 Mar 2022. Archived from the original on 21 Mar 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  10. ↑ Manickavasagan, Annamalai; Abbas, Ihsan; Cork, Lorna; Khan, MohibAhmed; Al-Rahbi, Sawsana; Subramanian, Kabaly; Reicks, Marla (2016). "Acceptability of reformulated whole-grain products using net acceptance score (NAS) and relative acceptance score (RAS)". International Journal of Nutrition, Pharmacology, Neurological Diseases. 6 (1): 12. doi:10.4103/2231-0738.173782. Retrieved 7 February 2026.
  11. 1 2 "خبز "السمون" عبر البطاقة الذكية قريبًا في سوريا" [Samoun bread via smart card soon in Syria]. Enab Baladi (in Arabic). 8 March 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  12. 1 2 "To raise or not raise the price of 'khobez hamam'". Roya News. 18 Jul 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  13. ↑ Williams, Vicki (12 July 2017). "10 foods you can't miss in Macau". CNN. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  14. ↑ Nolasco, Por Edwin Montesinos (16 October 2023). "El pan que le ha quitado protagonismo al 'clásico' francés y cuáles son los nuevos productos con granos andinos". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  15. ↑ "A história de como o pão francês virou o favorito dos brasileiros". Revista Galileu (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2022-08-29. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
  16. ↑ "Dia do pão francês: saiba curiosidades da iguaria que nasceu no Brasil no século 20". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-03-21. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
  17. ↑ Telediario, Editorial (6 September 2020). "¡De La Laguna para el mundo! Aquí puedes encontrar pan francés en Durango". Telediario México (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 17 October 2023.
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