Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
It looks almost burnt, tastes sweet and only requires 3 ingredients: Pumpernickel. The dark rye bread is probably Germany's most unusual bread. And that's quite something in a country where there are more than 3,000 types of bread and people eat 56 kilos of bread every year. This video explains exactly what makes pumpernickel so unique and healthy.
CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:34 What is Pumpernickel
01:14 The ingredients
01:42 History of Pumpernickel
02:13 The backing process
02:53 The name
03:30 How to eat Pumpernickel
CREDITS
Report: Jens von Larcher
Camera: Christian Szramek
Edit: Manuela Reuss
Supervising editor: Ruben Kalus
#dweuromaxx #bread #germany
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It looks almost burnt, tastes sweet and only requires 3 ingredients: Pumpernickel. The dark rye bread is probably Germany's most unusual bread. And that's quite something in a country where there are more than 3,000 types of bread and people eat 56 kilos of bread every year. This video explains exactly what makes pumpernickel so unique and healthy.
CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:34 What is Pumpernickel
01:14 The ingredients
01:42 History of Pumpernickel
02:13 The backing process
02:53 The name
03:30 How to eat Pumpernickel
CREDITS
Report: Jens von Larcher
Camera: Christian Szramek
Edit: Manuela Reuss
Supervising editor: Ruben Kalus
#dweuromaxx #bread #germany
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