Faster to make

• Unleavened bread is much faster to bake, since there is no need for the dough to rise, or proof. The process of proofing the yeast in a leavened dough normally takes a few hours for each rising.

Easier to make

• Unleavened bread requires no pre-ferment process, or testing of the yeast. Making unleavened bread consists of four steps: measuring ingredients, mixing the ingredients, kneading slightly, and baking.

Cheaper to make

• Since there are so few ingredients in unleavened bread–normally only flour, oil, and water–unleavened bread costs less to make than breads requiring yeast.

No yeast

• Some people have developed food allergies to the yeast used in baking. Unleavened bread contains no yeast.

No sugar

• Although some unleavened bread recipes can contain sugar, most recipes do not. The simple ingredients of flour, oil, and water are sufficient to prepare unleavened bread.

Suitable for religious observances

• Unleavened bread is acceptable in various religious ceremonies, whereas leavened bread, or bread containing yeast or baking powder, is not.