Pain de mie is a white or brown bread with a thin, soft crust.

Pain de mie is most similar to a pullman loaf, or to regular sandwich bread.

Pain de mie usually has sugar in it,[citation needed] which makes it sweeter than most French breads.

[1] If not baked in a sealed pan, the crust can be cut off (as done in factories before packaging).

Pain de mie is sold in rounded or rectangular shapes.