In January 2023, the £2 million, three-year, publicly-funded ‘Raising the Pulse’ project officially began. The project attracted widespread media coverage. Find out more about how beans IN toast could revolutionise the British diet!
![faba beans flour and bread faba beans flour and bread](https://research.reading.ac.uk/raising-the-pulse/wp-content/uploads/sites/308/2023/07/faba-beans-flour-and-bread-300x185.jpg)
‘Setting pulses racing: the Reading scientists perfecting broad bean bread’
Read The Guardian’s feature about Raising the Pulse.
![Young beans on a white background Young beans on a white background](https://research.reading.ac.uk/raising-the-pulse/wp-content/uploads/sites/308/2023/07/AdobeStock_302463810-scaled-300x200.jpeg)
How beans in toast could revolutionise the British diet
Read The Independent’s feature about Raising the Pulse.
![Fava bean pod growing in a pot in the garden Fava bean pod growing on a plant in a container garden](https://research.reading.ac.uk/raising-the-pulse/wp-content/uploads/sites/308/2023/07/AdobeStock_373789992-scaled-300x200.jpeg)
Switch to broad bean bread for healthier diet, urge researchers
Read The Times’ article about Raising the Pulse.
![Wheat sliced bread. Wheat sliced bread.](https://research.reading.ac.uk/raising-the-pulse/wp-content/uploads/sites/308/2023/07/AdobeStock_101878482-scaled-300x200.jpeg)
Major change coming to Britain’s bread in plan to add BEANS to loaves
Read The Mirror’s article about Raising the Pulse.
![Fava beans](https://research.reading.ac.uk/raising-the-pulse/wp-content/uploads/sites/308/2023/07/AdobeStock_339842196-scaled-300x200.jpeg)
A new ingredient could revolutionize white bread
Read Popular Science’s article about Raising the Pulse.
![Fava bean pod growing in a pot in the garden Fava bean pod growing on a plant in a container garden](https://research.reading.ac.uk/raising-the-pulse/wp-content/uploads/sites/308/2023/07/AdobeStock_373789992-scaled-300x200.jpeg)
Professor Julie Lovegrove introduces healthier UK-grown beans
Read Mail Online’s article about Raising the Pulse.