Crafting Recipe
3 wheat in a horizontal row = 1 bread. Restores 5 hunger (2.5 bars). Most economical early-game food — infinite production from a wheat farm. No cooking needed, more convenient than meat.
Nutrition
Bread restores 5 hunger points (2.5 drumsticks) and is one of the most cost-efficient stable foods. Three wheat makes one loaf, and a single wheat plant yields several, making it fully sustainable.
Farming Advice
A 9x9 wheat farm with one water block in the centre is self-sufficient, and bone meal speeds growth. Wheat also breeds cows, sheep and horses, so establish it early.
Compared to Other Foods
Bread needs no cooking and is the only staple you can mass-produce directly. Steak restores 8 (needs a furnace and cattle); golden carrots restore 6 with the highest saturation (but cost gold). Transition to golden carrots mid-game — 14.4 saturation versus bread's 6.0 cuts how often you must eat.