Painted bread
Malfa-Kraftma-Brot or Malfabrot for short is a German bread specialty.
properties
This malt bread contains 10% barley malt flour , 75% rye flour type 1150 and 15% wheat flour type 812. Half of the rye flour is first made into sourdough and then added with water and yeast. The barley malt flour used to bake the bread is made using a special process (controlled heating, drying and grinding of sprouted barley grains ). Malfabrot has a characteristic dark brown color.
history
The name is composed of the acronyms Malfa for malt factory and Kraftma for power malt . Malfa-Kraftma-Brot was a product from the GDR , which was manufactured in the VEB Bako (Backwarenkombinat) Berlin and was advertised as “The Malfa Kraftma Brot”.
present
The Malfa-Kraftma brand is now owned by Vogtlandmühlen GmbH Straßberg Plauen . The flour is produced under license by various manufacturers.