AdvertisementThe term itself is loaned from France, where pain riche appeared in the late 19th century. At the time, a kilo of pain riche would set you back 60 öre – not insignificant in those days. So he called it pain riche, based on an old French distinction between the bread of the rich and that of the poor.”In France today, there is indeed a bread called pain riche. AdvertisementExample sentences:Kan du köpa lite pain riche vi kan äta till soppan i kväll? Edgar bröt av en bit pain riche och doppade den i såsen.