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Bun

A bun is bread made with flour, milk, and yeast. It may also contain sugar, butter, egg, fruit, nuts, jam, or cream. Cooks can steam or stuff buns.

  • Dairy
  • May contain egg
  • Allergen: milk

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Cooked most in
The Americas
Top country
United States
Bun, whole

Photo: Raysonho @ Open Grid Scheduler / Grid Engine · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use bun

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Steam
  • Stuff

Made from

Around the world

Where bun is cooked

2 dishes in the catalogue use bun. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list bun among their ingredients.

Origins

  1. The 1300s · Japan

    By the 14th century, Buddhists in Japan ate steamed buns with vegetable or sweet fillings.

  2. The 1500s · Europe

    By the 16th century, spiced buns were part of funeral customs in Europe.

On the table

Dishes made with bun

2 dishes in the catalogue use it.

  • Chick-fil-A Chicken Sandwich

    United States

  • Five Guys hamburgers

    United States

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include bun.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: bun in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.
Allergens
Contains: milkSometimes eggs (only when the optional ingredient is used)
Animal origin
From: dairySometimes egg (only when the optional ingredient is used)

Family

Related forms

A kind of
bread

Around the world

What bun is called

Names in 48 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    bollo

  • French

    bun

  • Italian

    bun

  • German

    Bun · Weichbrötchen

  • Dutch

    kadetje

  • Greek

    ψωμάκι

  • Turkish

    Hamburger ekmeği

  • Arabic

    كعكة

  • Persian

    نان همبرگر

  • Hebrew

    לחמניה

  • Hindi

    पाओ

  • Bangla

    বনরুটি

Show all 48 languages

  • Albanian

    Simitja

  • Armenian

    Բուլկի

  • Asturian

    bollu

  • Basque

    opil

  • Bulgarian

    Хлебче

  • Cantonese

    餐包

  • Catalan

    panet · bun

  • Chinese

    小圆面包

  • Danish

    bolle

  • Egyptian Arabic

    كحكه

  • Esperanto

    bulko

  • Estonian

    kukkel

  • Georgian

    ფუნთუშა · პატარა პური · კვერი

  • Hungarian

    bollo

  • Indonesian

    Roti bulat

  • Irish

    borróg · bonnóg

  • Japanese

    バンズ

  • Javanese

    Roti bundher

  • Kannada

    ಬನ್

  • Korean

    번

  • Malayalam

    ബൺ

  • Manx

    bunnag · bonnag

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    bolle · hvetebolle

  • Norwegian Nynorsk

    bolle

  • Odia

    ବନ ପାଉରୁଟି

  • Punjabi

    ਬੰਦ

  • Samogitian

    bondielis

  • Scottish Gaelic

    bonnach

  • Serbian

    zemička

  • Serbian (Latin)

    земичка

  • Simplified Chinese

    小圆面包

  • Simplified Chinese (China)

    小圆面包

  • Slovenian

    žemlja

  • Swedish

    bulle

  • Traditional Chinese

    小圓麵包

  • Vietnamese

    Bánh mì tròn

  • Volapük

    bodül

  • Welsh

    bynen

  • Western Panjabi

    بند

Sources and credits

Data

  • GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
  • Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
  • Wikimedia Commons: photos
  • Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Wikidata item: Q13377687

Photos

Photo: Raysonho @ Open Grid Scheduler / Grid Engine · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons