Which bread is best?

I'd go for an artisan bread preferably a sourdough every time. Why? Because the Chorleywood process (look it up) has created breads that the body just struggles with.

So-called 'wholegrain' breads from the supermarket are oftne made with 'enriched' flour - ie. flour that has been stripped of its nutrients and then the brain and grain stuff is thrown back into the mix to make the bread crunchy. In addition, yeast is supposed to react S-L-O-W-L-Y. Anyone who has ever made bread by hand will tell you that there is nothing you can do that will speed the process up (aside from temperature and humidity that is).

Bread is made from flour, yeast, water and salt. It doesn't need to be made with enzymes to speed up the process or any stabilisers. A sourdough to my mind is the best - natural yeasts colonise the dough and cause it to rise. The result is a slow-risen loaf that is easier to digest because the gluten has begun to break down already (as opposed to in the Chorleywood process). In addition, a good sourdough loaf has a chewy crust and springy crumb - this has the bonus of making you chew for longer and assists with digestion.

All Hail the Sourdough Loaf!!!

Here's a link to Warburtons Sandwich Thins;

http://www.warburtons.co.uk/sandwichthins

Although to be honest, at 100 cals per Thin I'd rather save money and just get a good quality multi-seeded loaf, Tesco Finest Mulitseed Farmhouse Batch is delicious and only around 110 cals a slice and much cheaper than the Thins.
I've just done a comparison;

Warburtons Thins.


Nutrition
Typical Values Typical values per average thin (42g) -
Energy - kJ 427 kJ -
- kcal (Calories) 100 kcal -
Protein 3.9g -
Carbohydrate 19.8g -
of which sugars 1.9g -
Fat 1.1g -
of which saturates 0.2g -
Fibre 1.6g -
Sodium 0.16g -
Salt 0.41g

Tesco Finest Farmhouse Multiseed Batch Bread.

Nutrition
Typical Values 100g contains Each slice (44g) contains
Energy 1020kJ (245kcal) 450kJ (110kcal)
Protein 9.9g 4.4g
Carbohydrate 40.4g 17.8g
Sugars 4.0g 1.8g
Fat 4.4g 1.9g
Saturates 0.6g 0.3g
Mono Unsaturates 1.1g 0.5g
Polyunsaturates 2.5g 1.1g
Fibre 7.5g 3.3g
Sodium* 0.4g 0.2g
*Salt Equivalent 1g 0.4g

The Tesco loaf is far healthier and much cheaper. Hope this helps.
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That's a great help...thank you..shall pop in tesco on way out

It's on offer at the moment too, £1.35 down to £1 until 20th Aug.

Brilliant..shall get a couple and put in the freezer

That's what I do. As my son is the only one who eats bread we always have a loaf of the Tesco Finest and a loaf of their white value thick sliced in the freezer (he LOVES the cheapo value one for toast but I make sure he has a decent loaf too, lol!) and just take out a couple of slices each time otherwise I'd waste a fortune throwing stale bread out every other day.