Healthiest Store Bought Vegan Bread
Do any of you know of the best/healthiest (organic) vegan bread that I can buy at someplace like Publix or any grocery store?
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I just buy the store brand.
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Artichoke, I just noticed your signature is in a Sarah McLachlan song. I say 'is in' because I don't know if she took it from somewhere else.
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It's also in Jewel's song, "Hands."
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It's only in Jewel's song - I don't know I said Sarah McClachlan. I had a brain freeze. It's a lovely song :)
Buying bread shouldn't be this hard
I like 100% whole wheat bread and the other night I set out to buy a loaf in the town that's my new home. It turns out the natural foods store only stocks gluten-free varieties of bread. I've tried gluten-free bread and really don't like it. I don't have celiac disease and I'm not allergic to wheat, or even sensitive to it, so I see no reason to buy this stuff. Next I went to a supermarket that advertises the fact that it carries natural foods. Every variety of whole wheat bread I looked at had either high fructose corn syrup or honey in it (not to mention other creepy sounding ingredients.) I must have spent 45 minutes reading bread labels and left empty handed.
Since when is wheat bread a special order?
-Anna
Re: Buying bread shouldn't be this hard
I generally stick to Hovis, as all their bread is labelled as Vegan (except the Sunflower and Honey loaf). I know some of the other brands are vegan as well, but if they can't be bothered to label them, nor say whether the ingredients are animal derived or not, I can't be bothered to buy them :)
Are there no big brands where you are that mostly bake vegan bread, or label them vegan?
Re: Buying bread shouldn't be this hard
Yogini: it's generally a good idea to say what country you're in, and what part of that country when asking questions such as this. Rob has replied to you with UK information, however as you're looking at things containing corn syrup i'm guessing you're in the US. In the UK vegan bread is in abundance, but I guess that's not very interesting to you.
If bread is a problem, consider getting a good bread machine. Mine makes granary loafs as good as those from any bakery in about 2 hours, using organic flour for about the price of a non organic one of the same quality from a shop.
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If we're talking about the US, I found even buying what we would call normal bread was a bit of a challenge.
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I was actually going to ask about this myself. I live (as you can see to the left) in the Southern US. I recently started reading bread labels a little more carefully and came to find that ALL of the breads I could find had whey (a dairy product) in them. That bothers me even more than high fructose corn syrup--I try to avoid HFCS too but I'd eat that before dairy. Are there no main-stream US breads that don't have any animal products?
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Look for Rudi's brand bread. If you have a Trader Joe's near you, they offer a few wheat varieties which are vegan.
Re: Buying bread shouldn't be this hard
Thanks, it looks like there might be a store about 30 minutes away from me that carries the bread you mention, but no Trader Joe's around here:(
Re: Buying bread shouldn't be this hard
I'm located in Central Florida and I know it's hard to find good, healthy, hearty breads. If you are in the US, are there any Whole Foods in your area? A lot of Natural Food Stores make their own bread loaves, which contain very little ingredients.. There's also buying a bread machine or purchasing breads online.
Good Luck!
Meikmeik