Bread from superfoods, not flour
Built around two organic superfoods — organic green buckwheat and organic quinoa — with organic psyllium for natural fiber and structure. No flour. No fillers. No preservatives. Nothing artificial. Just simple, naturally fermented ingredients — the kind of bread we make for our own family and four children.
48hours
The time behind every loaf
Two days of care.
In every loaf.
From the first ingredients to the finished bread, every Balam loaf takes a full 48 hours to make. Time is an ingredient we never rush.
The heart of Balam
2organic superfoods
Green buckwheat + quinoa
700 gfinished loaf
16slices per loaf
Utahwhere Balam is being built
Free local delivery with 4+ loaves. $10 delivery for 2–3 loaves within Greater Salt Lake. Mix and match any flavors.
Sweet
$12.00
Date and prune add gentle sweetness — still bread, not dessert.
date + pruneno added sugar
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Bread people feel good about
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“Balam tastes like real bread — hearty, satisfying, and unlike any gluten-free bread I’ve tried before.”
Sarah M.
★★★★★
“I love how simple the ingredients are. It feels like bread I can actually understand and feel good about serving my family.”
Emily R.
★★★★★
“The texture is what surprised me most. Toasted, it’s absolutely delicious — nutty, filling, and really different from typical gluten-free bread.”
Daniel K.
Thoughtful packaging
A plant-based, compostable bread bag and label
We pack Balam in a clear bread bag made from plant-based cellulose. The bag is compostable, helping us move away from conventional plastic packaging.
We pair it with a compostable, freezer-ready label so the whole package follows the same direction.
Why buckwheat
A seed with an agricultural story
Buckwheat is more than a nutritional ingredient. As a crop, it can support pollinators, diversify rotations, cover soil quickly and help cycle nutrients. The exact outcome always depends on how it is grown.
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Feeds pollinators
Buckwheat flowers can provide nectar and pollen for bees and other beneficial insects.
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Covers soil fast
Its rapid growth can help shade soil, suppress weeds and reduce the time fields are left bare.
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Adds diversity
Adding buckwheat to crop rotations can increase plant diversity and help interrupt pest and disease cycles.
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Cycles phosphorus
Buckwheat roots can help mobilize forms of phosphorus that are less available to some other crops.
Launching in Utah
First, we make the bread worth coming back for
Balam is being built for Utah families, specialty stores, cafés and restaurants that want a different kind of bread — simple, fermented and made from seeds.
Local home delivery
Bread delivery is available in the Greater Salt Lake area (Salt Lake City, South Salt Lake, Millcreek, Murray, Holladay, Cottonwood Heights, Midvale, Sandy, Draper, Taylorsville, West Valley City, West Jordan, South Jordan, Riverton, Herriman and Bountiful), with a minimum order of two loaves. Free delivery on orders of 4 or more loaves. Delivery is $10 for orders of 2–3 loaves. Mix and match any flavors.
Fresh — whole and unsliced. Fresh bread is delivered as a whole, unsliced loaf two days after you place your order. Enjoy it within two days of delivery, or freeze it if you will not finish it within that time.
Frozen — sliced and ready when you are. Frozen bread is delivered frozen and pre-sliced into 16 slices. Delivery is the next day, with same-day delivery possible for orders placed in the morning. Keep it in the freezer, then take out just the slices you need to toast or warm whenever you’re ready.
Retail locations are coming soon.
