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Pão francês
Brazilian bread roll / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pão francês (Portuguese: [ˈpɐ̃w̃ fɾɐ̃ˈses] ⓘ; lit. 'French bread') is a short cylindrical bread roll with a soft white crumb and a golden crispy shell that is popular in Brazil. This bread has different names throughout the different states in Brazil such as pão de sal (salt bread), cacetinho (little baton), carioquinha (little Carioca), pão de água (water bread), pão Jacó (Jacob bread), pão filão (loaf bread), pão aguado (watery bread), and pão careca (bald bread).[1][2] Despite its name, pão francês is unique to Brazil and is not a bread from France.[3]
Pão francês is the most popular bread in Brazil.[3] A 2019 study by Puratos [nl] found that 95.7% of the residents of the city of São Paulo eat pão francês.[1] According to Sampapão (the São Paulo Bakery and Confectionery Industry Union and Association), more rolls of pão francês are baked every day in the city of São Paulo than there are residents.[3][lower-alpha 1]