Bond Bread was a product of General Baking Company. The name comes from the term bond, meaning 'a promise or guarantee of repayment of debt'. The company used the name as a way to say its purity of ingredients were guaranteed like it was home-made bread.[1]
History
The idea for Bond Bread came from William Deininger, president of General Baking Company at the time. The company was producing bread under the name "Superior Bread" which Deininger became aware contained 65 substitute ingredients.[2] He held a national recipe contest in 1915 to award the housewives who sent him the best recipes for bread. He received more than 45,000 responses.[2]
The first loaves of Bond Bread were manufactured in Rochester, New York. Deininger stated he was creating a bond that pledged only high-quality ingredients, hence the name of the brand.