What do you think of this bread?

[left-of-center2012]

I know we need to avoid bread, but ... this one has 3 carbs per slice.

Food For Life Sprouted Grain Bread 7 Sprouted Grains
https://www.foodforlife.com/product/breads/7-sprouted-grains-bread

[Dream Girl]

1. Wow that looks great. I want to try it. I'm using using Keto Bread.

Its fake bread but ok for avocado toast topped with an egg. Also BLTs.

[soothsayer]

2. Isn't that net zero carbs with the fiber?

I’d like to try that!

For boring bread, I like the 6 carb 647 bread by Schmidt’s

6 net carbs
40 calories
7g fiber

[Dream Girl]

3. Yep zero.

[soothsayer]

5. The nutritional thingy at the link shows net 12?

I’m confused

[soothsayer]

4. At the link, it looks like 12 net carbs for that sprouted bread

[Polly Hennessey]

6. Why must we avoid bread?

I do believe I have forgotten why. You cannot take away my sourdough......, never, not ever. You can’t have my brioche, either.

[lark]

7. I'd definitely give it a try.

I like trying new things and this definitely looks like it's worth a trial.

[cayugafalls]

8. My wife swears by their lower sodium bread.

It is all we buy. Good stuff and it freezes well. We actually buy it frozen and stick a few loafs in the freezer and pull it out as needed. Keep it in the frig and it will last just fine.

[left-of-center2012]

10. "their lower sodium bread"

I've bought that a few times.
Rather bland, but I like it toasted.

[cayugafalls]

12. Yes, we toast it. Even a minimal amount of heat will release the flavor.

We try and reduce salt as much as we can.

[nykym]

9. Please make note that

the serving size is for 1 slice, most of us use 2 slices for a sandwich so double the numbers.
It still has good numbers but calories are 160 for 2 slices.

[left-of-center2012]

11. yep

[TreasonousBastard]

13. First question is the price-- 6 24 oz loaves for 72 bucks is a little stiff. And shipping? But...

if the stuff tastes great, it might be worth it.

Might be.

While it's well known that sprouting grains breaks down carbs, it's not so well agreed what other benefits there are. Or if they are worth over 10 bucks a loaf. And, without wheat flour, that's a lot of gluten added to make it all stick together. I don't see any fillers on the ingredient list, but maybe it doesn't need any.

The whole net carbs things makes me crazy. Last I heard it was invented by some bakeries as a marketing thingie. How can you just subtract fiber from carbs without knowing if the carbs are complex or simple or the fiber is soluble or not? The complexities of protein and fiber breakdown happen to be pretty complex, and I'm constantly finding more interesting things. (You don't wanna know what I fund out about sugar alcohols...)

As a diabetic, I once experimented with fasting and found my blood sugar shot up to 320. Huh? A consultation with an actual, degreed, experienced dietitian and I found out that with my screwed up endocrine systems saw low blood sugar and told my liver to produce a whole bunch of it, but didn't produce the insulin to deal with it. Normal systems have safeguards, and insulin production, but it's interesting to know that happens. Puts a new spin on your Keto diet, eh?

When I get a kitchen again, I'm back to baking my own bread. Cauliflower, squashes, cucumbers, flax seeds, sprouted whatevers, and enough flour to bring it all together.

[left-of-center2012]

15. "6 24 oz loaves for 72 bucks is a little stiff. And shipping?"

It’s available by single loaf near me (Albuquerque) at Walmart and the grocery chains
(Kroger/Smith’s, Albertson’s, etc)

Four dollars and change. per loaf.

[TreasonousBastard]

17. That price was from their site.

[left-of-center2012]

19. I buy it one loaf at a time locally

Why buy 6 online?

[TreasonousBastard]

20. Big family? Big freezer? Big party coming up?

[lettucebe]

14. Slice it thin enough and any bread can be 3 carbs per slice

[Midnight Writer]

16. 3 grams of carbohydrates is not 11% of daily value. Something is wrong here.

Also, calories do not ad up to 80. You would need about 23 grams of carbs to make up the difference.

[TreasonousBastard]

18. Wow! I wasn't even looing at that. And the serving size is in grams, not slices (Which...

actually makes sense, if you knew how big a slice was.)