A bread having good texture, brightness and flavor is provided despite inclusion of a great deal of catechins. The bread is made by adding a purified product of catechins-containing plant extract to grain flour such that from 0.2 to 0.5 weight parts of catechins can be incorporated per 100 weight parts of the grain flour. The purified product of catechins-containing plant extract has a catechins/tannins weight ratio of from 0.81 to 1.10.本發明提供一種雖然含有大量的兒茶素類但咬食感、亮度、風味為良好之麵包類。本發明之麵包類,係以相對於100重量份之穀粉類調配有0.2~0.5重量份之兒茶素類之方式,添加含有兒茶素類之植物萃取純化物而製造者,其中含有兒茶素之植物萃取純化物中的兒茶素類/單寧重量比為0.81~1.10。
