{{AI-generated|date=October 2025}} {{Infobox company | name = | logo = | logo_caption = | logo_upright = <!-- default: 1 --> | logo_alt = | type = | industry = | predecessor = <!-- or: predecessors = --> | founded = 1919 | founder = Huval family | defunct = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | fate = Acquired | successor = | hq_location_city = Thomasville, GA | hq_location_country = USA | area_served = Acadiana | key_people = | products = Sliced white sandwich bread, jumbo buns, jumbo seeded buns, hot dog buns | owner = | num_employees = | num_employees_year = <!-- Year of num_employees data (if known) --> | parent = Flowers Foods | website = https://www.evangelinemaid.com/ | footnotes = <!-- for inclusion of footnotes and references --> }}
'''Evangeline Maid''' is a bread brand with deep roots in southern Louisiana's Acadiana region. It was founded in 1919 by Joseph Huval in Youngsville, using approximately $50 earned while serving in World War I.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://roux.vip/culture/122-evangeline-main-stays-fresh-longer|title=Evangeline Main: Stays Fresh Longer|website=roux.vip}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://louisianacookin.com/evangeline-maid/|title=Discover the Rich History of Evangeline Maid: Lafayette's Legendary Bread Brand - Louisiana Cookin'|date=August 9, 2024}}</ref> In 1926, the business relocated to Lafayette, and by 1937 the “Evangeline Maid” name was adopted—drawing on the cultural heritage associated with the Acadian/Cajun region.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://64parishes.org/white-bread-evangelist|title=White-Bread Evangelist|first=Chris|last=Turner-Neal|date=March 1, 2020}}</ref>
In 1976, the business was sold to Flowers Foods (then known as Flowers Industries), a large U.S. bakery company, bringing Evangeline Maid under its umbrella while retaining its regional identity.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.rouses.com/about/blog/louisiana-born-bread/|title=Louisiana Born & Bread • Rouses Supermarkets|first=Marcy|last=Nathan|date=February 15, 2023}}</ref>
Through its century-long presence, Evangeline Maid has become intertwined with the cultural and culinary fabric of south Louisiana—serving as one of the region's familiar white-loaf breads, and reflecting the region's heritage of local production, family-business roots, and food traditions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.katc.com/news/local-news/lafayette-parish/evangeline-maid-celebrates-its-100th-birthday|title=Evangeline Maid celebrates its 100th birthday|date=August 19, 2019|website=KATC News}}</ref><ref name="auto1"/>
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Category:American breads