Tracking natural bread?

proctornikki
proctornikki Posts: 8 Member
edited 10:11AM in Food and Nutrition
I usually eat bread from a bakery that has no sugar or any artificial ingredients in it. When I track whole wheat bread it shows a high sugar content. So how do I track the natural bread I eat that has no barcode. I'm aware that the bread will have a high carb content and therefore show some sugar but it's a sugar free bread.
Thoughts?
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  • blazehill6
    blazehill6 Posts: 26 Member
    Bread is a carb that should be avoided.
  • ThomasWright1997
    ThomasWright1997 Posts: 155 Member
    Why don't you ask themnfor the nutrition in their bread? They must have ingredients. If they have ingredients they can give you that.

    I'm pretty sure that they are obliged by law to disclose nutrition of products when requested.
    blazehill6 wrote: »
    Bread is a carb that should be avoided.

    Be gone with your pseudoscience, foul destroyer of choice! (In all seriousness, do you have a link or two about this? I'd like to bread it. <- accidental spelling pun)
  • blazehill6
    blazehill6 Posts: 26 Member
    Stick to whole grain if you must. I banish you to the Internet. Google is your friend :)
  • macgurlnet
    macgurlnet Posts: 1,946 Member
    blazehill6 wrote: »
    Bread is a carb that should be avoided.

    I just laughed so hard I think I pulled a muscle so thanks.

    Carbs are fine unless you've got a medical reason to be concerned about them.

    OP -

    Is the nutrition information for the bread you buy available on the bakery's website? I get bread from a local shop as well and they have nutrition information posted on their website for each bread they produce. If it's not on MFP already, I enter it in so I can log it :)

    ~Lyssa
  • blazehill6
    blazehill6 Posts: 26 Member
    ... If you want to lose weight
  • macgurlnet
    macgurlnet Posts: 1,946 Member
    blazehill6 wrote: »
    ... If you want to lose weight

    I've lost 20 pounds and 50% or so of my daily calorie intake has been carbs so I'm gonna disagree with you there.

    ~Lyssa

  • blazehill6
    blazehill6 Posts: 26 Member
    Everyone is different. What works for you doesn't work for me sugar pie
  • karyabc
    karyabc Posts: 830 Member
    blazehill6 wrote: »
    Everyone is different. What works for you doesn't work for me sugar pie

    now that's a statement that makes perfect sense ^^.

    but the whole if you want to lose weight post... umm I think millions of people are going to say just NO.
  • macgurlnet
    macgurlnet Posts: 1,946 Member
    blazehill6 wrote: »
    Everyone is different. What works for you doesn't work for me sugar pie

    Indeed we are....which is why I countered your point of carbs being something to be avoided.

    And don't call me sugar pie.

    ~Lyssa
  • blazehill6
    blazehill6 Posts: 26 Member
    Okay cupcake
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    ^^^^ :trollface: ^^^^
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    blazehill6 wrote: »
    Okay cupcake

    Mmm. Cupcakes. Think I'll have one, along with a slice of bread, and still lose weight.
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  • Debmal77
    Debmal77 Posts: 4,770 Member
    UltimateRBF wrote: »
    blazehill6 wrote: »
    Okay cupcake

    Cupcakes? Where?

    Over by the sugar pie.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    You could find a recipe for sugar free bread, calculate it in MFP and use that?
  • Pinnacle_IAO
    Pinnacle_IAO Posts: 608 Member
    blazehill6 wrote: »
    ... If you want to lose weight
    I lost 100 pounds eating home baked, whole grain breads. Perhaps you should rethink this glib statement...and enjoy some bread :D

  • kk_inprogress
    kk_inprogress Posts: 3,077 Member
    blazehill6 wrote: »
    ... If you want to lose weight

    Says someone who has posted that they lost one pound as of this week? How do you even know?
  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    edited August 2015
    Debmal77 wrote: »
    UltimateRBF wrote: »
    blazehill6 wrote: »
    Okay cupcake

    Cupcakes? Where?

    Over by the sugar pie.

    Aren't cupcakes and sugar pies full of carbs? Does that make them evil?

    ETA: OP, I agree with those suggesting asking the place where you get them for the nutritional information.
  • blazehill6
    blazehill6 Posts: 26 Member
    Everyone's different but some oh you act like twinkles :D
  • blazehill6
    blazehill6 Posts: 26 Member
    Twinkies*
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    blazehill6 wrote: »
    Everyone's different but some oh you act like twinkles :D

    What?
  • karyabc
    karyabc Posts: 830 Member
    hahahahaha WTF you got me googling! like ok what other american thing I don't get , and found this http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=twinkle #facepalm
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    karyabc wrote: »
    hahahahaha WTF you got me googling! like ok what other american thing I don't get , and found this http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=twinkle #facepalm

    Yeah no, I had to think about it too. Twinkle is just twinkle. She meant to call us twinkies....mmm
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  • ScreeField
    ScreeField Posts: 180 Member
    proctornikki wrote: »
    I usually eat bread from a bakery that has no sugar or any artificial ingredients in it. When I track whole wheat bread it shows a high sugar content. So how do I track the natural bread I eat that has no barcode. I'm aware that the bread will have a high carb content and therefore show some sugar but it's a sugar free bread.
    Thoughts?

    I'd guess there are very few bread recipes without sugar in them. The only one I'm aware of is called Desem bread from the Laurel's Kitchen Bread Book. (Sugar feeds the yeast in most bread recipes.) Definitely ask them for the nutrition info--I'm sure they'd be happy to help you.
  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
    edited August 2015
    I am curious about what kind of bread because if it is yeast bread it has sugar.
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    edited August 2015
    All yeast breads have sugar, even the ones fresh baked from your local bakery. Now some commercial breads add more sugar for the taste (I remember the first time I tried an American sandwich bread and it tasted way too sweet to me). That's not what you should be concerned about. Most breads are just water, flour, yeast, and a touch of sugar. Some breads add oil, milk or eggs, so you may need to confirm with your bakery and ask them if they do (that's what's going to make a nutritional difference, not the sugar).
  • proctornikki
    proctornikki Posts: 8 Member
    Actually I buy sourdough bread with no sugar added at all. I asked the bakery.
  • proctornikki
    proctornikki Posts: 8 Member
    Thanks everyone for your help. I didn't ask for a lecture on the evil of carbs so I'll ignore that persons "help". I love whole grain pastas and breads. I won't ever change that. I will ask my bakery :) and I also really like the idea of finding a similar recipe online and using that. :) hope you all have a healthy day!
  • sheermomentum
    sheermomentum Posts: 827 Member
    edited August 2015
    treat it as french bread, which has only a tiny amount of sugar to kick off the yeast (like a teaspoon per loaf). Log it strictly by weight. Typically, an ounce of any kind of wheat-based bread has very similar calories to any other kind anyway (until you start adding unmilled grains, seeds, etc, to the mix)
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