Passenger makes sourdough loaf during flight sparking furious online reaction

A social media creator has been slammed online for vlogging the process of making sourdough bread – all from her seat on a flight to Spain.

Content creator Maria Baradell, 37, has gained an online following for documenting how she makes baked goods for her bread bakery business, however, a recent video sparked some controversy after she filmed herself making sourdough while on a plane.

The video shows the mother-of-five starting the process of creating a fresh loaf of bread to surprise her sister with, first adding water and sourdough starter to a pop-up bowl before tipping in flour and other ingredients.

The bread then went through a series of stretch and folds while balancing on the fold-out tray, before it started to ferment while Baradell took a nap in her seat on her connecting American Airlines flight from Chicago to Barcelona.

However, due to the altitude, temperature and humidity inside the cabin, the dough did not fully rise, so she had to wait until she was reunited with her sister for her to complete the proofing and baking section.

What was intended to be a creative video to promote and share her passion for bread making unfortunately ended in a flurry of comments criticising the act of making bread on a plane.

The video, posted on both TikTok and Instagram, had people worried about how people with allergies, especially gluten, would fare with someone making bread mid-air, while others were concerned about bacteria on the plane that could make the bread unsanitary.

“What about people who have severe allergies?” one user wrote, while another said, “I carry an Epi-pen for a severe wheat allergy. The flour particles in the air would not be good.”

“As an airline employee…this is a perfect example of we’ve seen it all,” another commenter also said.

Others wondered how she managed to get past airport security with all her ingredients.

In response, Baradell told The Independent that the ingredients she bought with her were allowed after they passed TSA’s tests. She also said that she asked her seatmates if it was okay, and when the bread was baked at home, it would have killed any germs, and that she used sanitising products every step of the way.

However, the comments were not all backlash, as some praised the creator for the interesting idea and others were impressed that she was…