Healthiest bread in the UK?

sarahrachel90
sarahrachel90 Posts: 49 Member
edited November 9 in Food and Nutrition
So I've recently began incorporating plant-based foods into my diet, and I don't want to give up bread for my lunches during the weekdays. I just really struggle to find a healthy, gluten free if possile, non-weird-ingredient-filled BREAD!
(Wraps would also work...)

Does anybody know any great breads out there for me?!

Thank you!!! (And Happy New Year!!)

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  • IsaackGMOON
    IsaackGMOON Posts: 3,358 Member
    edited January 2015
    thoselittlechanges wrote: »
    I just really struggle to find a healthy, gluten free if possile, non-weird-ingredient-filled BREAD!

    Do you actually need gluten free bread? I'm not sure about the healthiest bread, but I'd go for whole grain from a local baker or super market if you're conscious about that.

    Also, try not to label foods 'healthy' and 'unhealthy', as all foods are unhealthy in large quantities. ;)
  • melaniecheeks
    melaniecheeks Posts: 6,349 Member
    Gluten free bread is very difficult to find (and not that great tasing, in my opinion).

    My favourite is Burgen bread, which has added seeds for extra nutritional value. It's about 111 calories per slice, but has a good amount of protein in it too, and tastes good.

    If you're committed to a gluten free diet, I'd rethink your lunches. Vegetable soups, chicken salad, rice based dishes will give you more scope.
  • maria0elisa
    maria0elisa Posts: 199 Member
    edited January 2015
    Not sure about GF but I'm home for xmas & my parents bought a fairly low-cal bread for the festive period- 'love life' wholemeal & rye from waitrose ... 78 cal per slice.
    it's obviously an expensive supermarket though so I would never normally do a whole weekly shop there outside of xmas! ;)
  • heftybelson
    heftybelson Posts: 30
    make it yourself. Much healthier, none of that preservative non sense and kneeding wholemeal is a great workoit.. even healthier if you let it double rise
  • caratayloruk
    caratayloruk Posts: 58 Member
    I second Burgen bread. Tastes delicious and keeps me full for ages. I love it toasted with cheese and worcestershire sauce
  • EmoJew
    EmoJew Posts: 94 Member
    melaniecheeks wrote: »
    Gluten free bread is very difficult to find (and not that great tasing, in my opinion).

    My favourite is Burgen bread, which has added seeds for extra nutritional value. It's about 111 calories per slice, but has a good amount of protein in it too, and tastes good.

    If you're committed to a gluten free diet, I'd rethink your lunches. Vegetable soups, chicken salad, rice based dishes will give you more scope.

    Burgen is the BEST. Well, Soya and Linseed is....the others all just fall to pieces!
  • lexbubbles
    lexbubbles Posts: 465 Member
    I normally get Danish bread which is significantly lower cal than regular bread. Warburton's & Kingsmill make it, as do weightwatcher's, and ASDA at least have an own brand version. You can normally get malted/brown in addition to white.

    eg:

    http://www.warburtons.co.uk/products/bread/white/danish-400g

    http://groceries.asda.com/asda-webstore/pages/landing/home.shtml#/product/36482

    Dunno about 'healthy' since that's an arbitrary almost meaningless term, but having 55-65cal per slice (brand dependent) bread is a good thing for me.

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