Bread sold as wholemeal may not be, chairman of the House environment committee Charalambos Theopemptou has said.

In a post on Facebook he cautioned shoppers that although the bread looks brown that may just be because of products added to colour it rather than a reflection of the flour used.

He said he makes bread himself and the list of ingredients in that sold in slices is much longer than necessary.

Theopemptou also wrote that in a shop he asked how the bread was so brown and was told by an assistant speaking quietly that was because they used cocoa to get the colour.