High Protein Bread - UK

lottycat
lottycat Posts: 333 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Hello wonderful mpf-ers!


I am veggie and really trying to up my protein intake at the moment as I'm dabbling in weight training. I do eat fish, I eat tons of greek yoghurt, cottage cheese and take protien powder after working out.

But, I've been having salads and veggies at lunchtime, often with some protien like egg/fish/soya meat alternative thrown in, but I am really missing sandwiches and wraps!

Can anyone let me know a high protein bread available in the UK? I know Burgen do a soya and linseed bread which I think is pretty high? Any other suggestions?

Thanks xxx

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  • JPO1980
    JPO1980 Posts: 34 Member
    Have you tried adding in nuts and seeds to your salads etc?
    Walnut and Blue Cheese Salad is lush!
    If you make your own bread, Lidl do some great bread mixes with Sunflower seeds etc.

    x
  • SanyamKaushik
    SanyamKaushik Posts: 215 Member
    Hiya,
    Yes, I am in the same boat and being a veggie always try to up my protein and its a daily challenge..

    Roughly, they are no much difference in bread's protein unless they add Soya flour to it. Most are around 8-12g of protein in 100g of bread. But after Burgen soy and linseed, I would go for Hovis Wheatgerm one for 2 reasons:
    1. Higher protein compared to total no of calories.
    2. Each slice is less calories :D

    Good luck...
  • sarahmoo12
    sarahmoo12 Posts: 756 Member
    If you eat real fish your not a veggie your a pescaterian .....
    Why dont you just up the amount of protien powder you take? Add it to more foods / drinks
    You could make your own bread and add protien to it too :)
  • lottycat
    lottycat Posts: 333 Member
    You're right adding nuts and seeds is a good idea, and yes I used to always make my own bread - but haven't in a couple of years. It's much yummier than shop-bought, but SUCH a temptation to have in the house... I'll have a look at the ones in Lidl, that might be a good idea. Thanks x
  • lottycat
    lottycat Posts: 333 Member
    Hiya,
    Yes, I am in the same boat and being a veggie always try to up my protein and its a daily challenge..

    Roughly, they are no much difference in bread's protein unless they add Soya flour to it. But after Burgen soy and linseed, I would go for Hovis Wheatgerm one for 2 reasons:
    1. Higher protein compared to total no of calories.
    2. Each slice is less calories :D

    Good luck...

    Thanks so much for the heads up on Hovis Wheatgerm. I'll get some over the weekend :)
  • lottycat
    lottycat Posts: 333 Member
    If you eat real fish your not a veggie your a pescaterian .....
    Why dont you just up the amount of protien powder you take? Add it to more foods / drinks
    You could make your own bread and add protien to it too :)

    Hi, Yeah technically a pescatarian... Just easier to say veggie rather than having to explain to people what a pescatarian is in day to day life. It usually involves some long convoluted debate about why eat fish and not animals... blah, blah... which I can't be bothered with. I don,t need to justify myself.

    Any way, yes making my own bread is probably a good idea - then I can put in it exactly what I want.

    As for protein powder, I do experiment with it quite a lot, but I prefer the idea of getting my protien for nuts and seeds etc.
  • geekyjock76
    geekyjock76 Posts: 2,720 Member
    I don't think its available in the UK, but here in the states there is Julian Bakery Smart Carb Cinnamon Raisin Bread. This is the info per slice:
    calories: 137
    protein: 14g
    fat: 1g
    carbs: 15g
    fiber: 13g
    sugar: 1g
    sodium: 75mg

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