Pita is now the western name for the Arabic bread called khubz (ordinary bread), other breads of Arab or Egyptian, or kumaj (a Turkish loanword properly meaning a bread cooked in ashes), all baked in a brick oven.

It is slightly leavened wheat bread, flat, either round or oval, and variable in size. The tenth-century Arab cookery book, Kitab al-Tabikh by ibn Sayyar al-Warraq, includes six recipes for khubz, all baked in a tannur, which is like the modern tandoor oven. Historians believe its history extends far into antiquity, since flatbreads in general, whether leavened or not, are among the most ancient breads, needing no oven or even utensil for their baking. The first evidence of flat breads occur in and around Amorite Damascus.

Arab pita bread (Khubz) are usually very thin, consisting only of upper and lower crust and can be opened to a bag that can be filled with meat and vegetables. They usually contain a pinch of sugar to make pre-soak the yeast better.

Health And Nutricion

Nutrition Information (White Bread) Servings per package: 5   Average Qty per serving Average Qty per 100g Energy 691 KJ 965 KJ Protein 5.0g 7.9g Fat:    Total    Saturated 1.1g 0.2g 1.4g 0.3g Carbohydrate    Sugars 32.2g 3.0g 49.4g 4.0g Dietary Fibre 1.4g 2.3g Sodium 164mg 27.2mg Ingredients: Flour, sugar, salt, yeast, water. Contains no added preservatives and no animal fats or oils