The Reverend Bailey and Dai Davies with the blessed bread

All produce from the Bread of Heaven bakery in Ruthin has the blessing of the Reverend Raymond Bailey.

Mr Bailey said the loaves were "possibly the type of bread that might have been broken during the Last Supper".

Chef Dai Davies said the recipe for the bread, which is made from spelt grain, was around 9,000 years old.

Mr Bailey, the warden of Ruthin, said he was always glad to bless new ventures.

"It is particularly appropriate to bless a bakery because bread is basic to human life and is basic to the worship of the church as well," he said.

"The baking of bread goes back to Old Testament times and before that and it's good to see the old recipes being brought back into use in the modern world.

The bread is suitable for people with a wheat intolerance as it has a very low gluten content Dai Davies

"This is possibly the type of bread that might have been broken during the Last Supper.

"Bread is the material of our main service and the sacrament of the holy communion, so it's very much bound up with all the life of the church."

"It has a very good taste and I think it would be very suitable for church use because it doesn't make a lot of crumbs."

Mr Davies said the grain was pure, with no salt, sugar or chemicals.

"The bread is suitable for people with a wheat intolerance as it has a very low gluten content - it retains all the fats that your body needs and all the B vitamins," he said.