Beans in toast: UK should switch to broad bean bread, say researchers

A project backed by £2m of government funding aims to encourage British consumers to eat more broad beans. Photograph: hudiemm/Getty Images

Britain should switch to eating bread made with broad beans, researchers have said, because it would be more sustainable and easily deliver key nutrients.

Using flour made from broad beans – also known as faba or fava beans – could represent one of the biggest changes to UK food in a generation, according to scientists at the University of Reading.