Which is healthier option Pitta bread or the normal bread?

Fit_Forever25
Fit_Forever25 Posts: 313 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Does anyone know which one is better?
Pitta bread or the usual bread .. considering both are wholemeal and low calorie options
the Pitta that I use is wholemeal and 98 calories worth a pocket
the bread that I use is wholemeal and 96 calories a slice.
Anyone?

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  • mirandamayhem
    mirandamayhem Posts: 772
    Personally I prefer pittas. They don't bloat me in the way risen bread does
  • JesterMFP
    JesterMFP Posts: 3,596 Member
    It depends on what the individual ingredients are (and what exactly you mean by 'healthier"/"better"), but when I make pitta bread, I use pretty much the same dough as for normal bread, so they will probably have roughly the same nutritional content.
  • JesterMFP
    JesterMFP Posts: 3,596 Member
    Personally I prefer pittas. They don't bloat me in the way risen bread does
    Pitta bread is risen. At least it is the way I make it, not sure about how it's made commercially.
  • Fit_Forever25
    Fit_Forever25 Posts: 313 Member
    Like for example the ingredients for..
    Bread: Stoneground Wholemeal Wheat Flour, Water, Yeast, Malted Barley Flour, Sea Salt, Cider Vinegar, Wheat Flour, Vegetable Fat, Flour Treatment Agent: Ascorbic Acid, Emulsifier (Soya Lecithin).

    v/s

    Pitta: Wheat Flour (35%),Wholemeal Wheat Flour (35%) ,Water ,Vegetable Oil ,Yeast ,Humectant: Guar Gum ,Dextrose ,Salt ,Emulsifiers: E471, E472e ,Preservative: Calcium Propionate ,Soya Flour ,Flour Treatment Agent: Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C)
  • Fit_Forever25
    Fit_Forever25 Posts: 313 Member
    The nutrition contents are almost same for both but I am not sure which one has better ingredients or good for health or which one should be the better choice for people who are trying to lose weight?
  • Hendrix7
    Hendrix7 Posts: 1,903 Member
    The nutrition contents are almost same for both but I am not sure which one has better ingredients or good for health or which one should be the better choice for people who are trying to lose weight?

    Really isn't going to make any difference which one you chose, just eat whichever you prefer.
  • mirandamayhem
    mirandamayhem Posts: 772
    Personally I prefer pittas. They don't bloat me in the way risen bread does
    Pitta bread is risen. At least it is the way I make it, not sure about how it's made commercially.

    Risen is wrong then, fluffy? spongy? lol
  • mirandamayhem
    mirandamayhem Posts: 772
    I'd say your normal bread looks to have better ingredients actually
  • Fit_Forever25
    Fit_Forever25 Posts: 313 Member
    I'd say your normal bread looks to have better ingredients actually
    thanks thats what I was thinking when I compared the ingredients .. Pitta seems to have many more preservatives n emulsifiers etc etc
  • mirandamayhem
    mirandamayhem Posts: 772
    Yes. Even better is if you can make your own. But i don't have time, or a breadmaker, and I'd probably eat too much!
  • Fit_Forever25
    Fit_Forever25 Posts: 313 Member
    hmm I guess I will have to go back to my old eating habits of no breads or just 1 in breakfast .. thats all for the day :huh:
  • Fit_Forever25
    Fit_Forever25 Posts: 313 Member
    hmm I guess I will have to go back to my old eating habits of no breads or just 1 in breakfast .. thats all for the day :huh:
    Although I just eat max two slices a day these days.. but will cut down to one.. would be safer!

    Thanks everyone :)
  • mirandamayhem
    mirandamayhem Posts: 772
    hmm I guess I will have to go back to my old eating habits of no breads or just 1 in breakfast .. thats all for the day :huh:
    Although I just eat max two slices a day these days.. but will cut down to one.. would be safer!

    Thanks everyone :)

    Or get a good loaf from a farmer's market or wholefood store and slice and freeze it?
  • Fit_Forever25
    Fit_Forever25 Posts: 313 Member
    Thanks will try that

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