Brexit will test the food chain, before the EU will try to dismantle and rebuild it

The supply chain will evolve as best it can, but the consumer will eventually have to pick up most of the bill increase

There are good business and agricultural reasons why Ireland no longer has a big flour milling industry, and relies on flour imports from the UK which contain a significant amount of flour from Canadian wheat. Then comes Brexit, which could make our bread 10% more expensive. File Picture.  

Check the information on your bread wrapper, and you will probably read that wheat flour from the EU and from outside the EU is one of the main ingredients.

For most loafs, the flour was imported mostly from Britain (with a small amount coming from the continental EU), and much of the flour was made from Canadian wheat. Sliced pans, for example, require a lot of flour made from high-protein Canadian wheat.