Bread ends calories

Lexandreia

I love the heel ends of bread but noticed that they were noticeably denser than the other slices. Does that mean it has more calories and should I stop eating them? I read a study done in Germany that found antioxidant levels in crust were far higher than in bread with the crusts cut off.

whierd

Weigh the bread and calculate the calories per gram.


I am interested in knowing how the crust would contain more nutrients as heat usually destroys them. Link?

skullshank

I am interested in knowing how the crust would contain more nutrients as heat usually destroys them. Link?

it just does.

eat your crust, timmy.

elleloch

I dunno, but. I think you might be thinking about this a little bit too much.

whierd

I am interested in knowing how the crust would contain more nutrients as heat usually destroys them. Link?

it just does.

eat your crust, timmy.

I will eat your crust too.

Lexandreia

Weigh the bread and calculate the calories per gram.


I am interested in knowing how the crust would contain more nutrients as heat usually destroys them. Link?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/11/021105080817.htm

I haven't got a scale though Broke college student living on campus. I'd look really weird lugging a set of scales into the dining commons. I don't mind a few extra calories but if it's going to be the equivalent of 2 slices of bread or something then I don't want to eat them. The bread my school buys is 100% whole wheat and the ends are way denser but are about the same width.

jwdieter

I dunno, but. I think you might be thinking about this a little bit too much.

Yep.

QuietBloom

In my last loaf of bread, the ends where twice as weighty as the normal slices where (Milton's). That is twice as much bread than what you think you would be getting unless you THOUGHT about it.

Nice work OP.

whierd

Weigh the bread and calculate the calories per gram.


I am interested in knowing how the crust would contain more nutrients as heat usually destroys them. Link?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/11/021105080817.htm

I haven't got a scale though Broke college student living on campus. I'd look really weird lugging a set of scales into the dining commons. I don't mind a few extra calories but if it's going to be the equivalent of 2 slices of bread or something then I don't want to eat them. The bread my school buys is 100% whole wheat and the ends are way denser but are about the same width.

Thank you, that was interesting. Too bad they did not link to the actual study.

Mr_Knight

Honestly, I wouldn't worry about it. The difference between an end slice (I love ends, too!) and a normal slice is not going to be enough to make a meaningful difference.

skullshank

I am interested in knowing how the crust would contain more nutrients as heat usually destroys them. Link?

it just does.

eat your crust, timmy.

I will eat your crust too.

jwdieter

If she's eating a loaf of bread, two slices at a time, there's no effective difference.

If she's only eating ends off of different loaves, and the per slice values are based on the loaf, and the end slices are each twice the mass of a normal slice, you might be able to get some meaningful differences with calorie-dense bread.

CallMeCupcakeDammit

I weighed the heel from a loaf of bread once out of curiosity, and it weighed almost half of what a one slice serving weighed, but I just log it at the normal serving size.

Lexandreia

If she's eating a loaf of bread, two slices at a time, there's no effective difference.

If she's only eating ends off of different loaves, and the per slice values are based on the loaf, and the end slices are each twice the mass of a normal slice, you might be able to get some meaningful differences with calorie-dense bread.

I'm getting them from different loaves of bread because the dining commons constantly switch out new loaves as people come in and other kids won't touch the ends. Bread's a bit of an indulgence that I don't eat often so I just wanted to make sure I wasn't going way over (having my open-faced sandwich count for 2 slices of bread).

Cindy311

In my experience the heels weigh the same as the slices.

lattarulol

I only eat the edges of milton's and I weigh those and they average about 1.7 slices of bread.

lucan07

If you want to be that accurate weigh the bread each time and enter it as 1.2 slices if its 20% heavier.

CallMeCupcakeDammit

The heel I weighed was visually smaller than the other slices, which is why I decided to weigh it. The heel is going to have more calories if it's larger than the regular slices.

sugarspice10003

Lexandreia wrote: »

I love the heel ends of bread but noticed that they were noticeably denser than the other slices. Does that mean it has more calories and should I stop eating them? I read a study done in Germany that found antioxidant levels in crust were far higher than in bread with the crusts cut off.

I've come across people on forums referencing this study since 2008. No one has read this clearly. The study states "when the bread is broken down" and the surface area is increased and baked then the antioxidant content is increased. In this study they put bread crust and stuffing in the same category therefore they're speaking of smaller pieces of bread rather than the bread-ends (heels) which are clearly of a greater surface area.

With respect to calories- the bread-ends or "heels" have relatively the same amount of calories.