Japanese milk bread over time
61 of the 73 recipes carry a publication date, from 2010 to 2026. Below: how many pages each year, whether the typical loaf changed between the oldest and newest, and the oldest and newest pages themselves.
A date here is the one the page gives for itself: when it was published, or last updated. Sites often refresh an old recipe and its date together, so read these as when the pages went up, not when the recipes were created.
Recipes per year
Dated pages by the year they give. Shading marks the periods compared below.
How the typical loaf changed
No ingredient shows a clear change between Japanese milk bread pages dated before 2022 and those dated 2022 or later. The medians move a little from period to period, but by no more than chance would with this many recipes.
| Per 100 g flour | Before 202231 recipes | 2022 and later30 recipes |
|---|---|---|
| LiquidNo clear change | 69% | 67% |
| ButterNo clear change | 10% | 12% |
| SugarNo clear change | 11% | 12% |
| EggNo clear change | 14% | 14% |
| SaltNo clear change | 1.6% | 1.5% |
| YeastNo clear change | 1.9% | 1.6% |
Each cell is the median baker's percentage in that period: grams of the ingredient per 100 g of flour. Higher and lower compare the newest period with the oldest, only where the change is clear (see how below). Periods are cut at year boundaries so each holds about the same number of recipes.
Oldest and newest pages
Oldest dates
Dec 11, 2010
Milk Bread · kirbiecravings.comMar 17, 2011
Matcha Milk Bread · kirbiecravings.comApr 11, 2014
Yemarina Yewotet Dabo (Ethiopian Honey Milk Bread) · tarasmulticulturaltable.comNov 1, 2014
Sweet and soft Japanese style Hokkaido Milk Bread (tangzhong) · kannammacooks.comJan 11, 2017
Milk Bread · rasamalaysia.com
Newest dates
May 12, 2026
Japanese Milk Bread (Hokkaido Bread) · biggerbolderbaking.comJan 14, 2026
Shokupan, receta de Joseba Arguiñano · hogarmania.comSep 19, 2025
Japanese Milk Bread (Hokkaido) Recipe with Tangzhong Method · amourdecuisine.frJul 16, 2025
Milk bread · iamafoodblog.comApr 9, 2025
Milk Bread · bakingamoment.com
How the dates are read
Each date is the publication date in the recipe page's own structured data. 12 of the 73 recipes have none, or one without a year (such as “December 3”), and are left out.
A change counts as clear when the newest period's median differs from the oldest period's by at least a tenth and a rank test puts the gap at 2.5 standard errors or more. For the share of recipes using an ingredient, the bar is 3 standard errors and 8 percentage points. Every ingredient is tested, so a lower bar would flag chance differences on most pages.
2026 is still in progress, so its bar is short for a reason that has nothing to do with baking.