Ultra processed bread

I think the price is what deters many people from buying healthier bread. We love bread but is just two of us and we don’t eat a lot so we can afford a more expensive loaf but I imagine is not the same for a family.

Sago

I have just come up to bed after preparing my sourdough after its bulk rise, it will now sit in the fridge ready to bake at some stage tomorrow.

Ingredients are flour, water and salt.

I add a seeded flour and sometimes just a handful of seeds instead.

It’s easy, cheap and nutritious and exactly as bread was made in biblical times.

I use the method and recipe by Elaine Boddy, she is all over the internet and has written books.

Which flour do you use, please?

M&S do a loaf described as "Only 6 Ingredients Sunflower Seed and Spelt Sliced Toasting Loaf", The ingredient list is: "Wheatflour* 287g
Malted Wheatflour 4g
Fermented Wheatflour 1g
Water 224g
Sunflower Seeds 42g
Spelt Grains 42g
Salt 4g
Yeast 1g

M0nica

Any bread from a supermarket will be Ultra processed, even the ones on the binstore bakery area. However the most processed are all those made by manufacturers like arburtons, Mother's Pride etc. The most processed loaf is the Toasty.

Ideally the only place to buy bread is from a proper old fashioned baker, but this is expensive and, as I have discovered, since we moved area they cannot always be found.

The best compromise, if you cannot access a baker is a loaf from the bakery counter in a shop like Waitrose.

So agree about Supermarket bread being UP. Even Waitrose.
Our local farm shop is stocked by an Artisan Baker who delivers 3 times a week. The bread is wonderful but expensive as you will pay £2.49 for a small loaf and £5 for a couple of Danish pastries and £7 for an apple tart. They do very well.

Samsara1

Ocado have Gails sourdough - we have that or buy from Hambletons in Oakham and the Rutland area- expensive but we have cut down our consumption of bread dramatically.

Yes we have ordered Gail’s sourdough bread with Ocado and I think they also do Jason’s sourdough bread.

‘Bread is the staff of life’

How times change, we all seem to be frightened to eat a slice of bread nowadays.

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Warburtons thick sliced bread for toasting is my favourite bread.
I have probably 4 slices per week as a treat.
Such a pleb me.

Ultra processed also takes into account the amount of processes a food has to go through in order to produce the end product, too, doesn't it?
In which case i would think most foodstuffs are ultra processed.

Supermarket bread is ultra processed junk. I buy my bread from a local Baker...made with organic flour and no nasties in. it. I also have a bread maker.... lovely bread and only 3 ingredients.

Thanks for that link Old Frill

Ocado have Gails sourdough - we have that or buy from Hambletons in Oakham and the Rutland area- expensive but we have cut down our consumption of bread dramatically.

I don't buy it but I don't think the Aldi loaf is considered an UPF.

Here's what's in it:
Wheat Flour (with added Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water,
Sourdough Culture,
Mixed Seeds (Brown Linseed, Millet Seeds, Golden Linseed, Sunflower Seeds, Poppy Seeds, Pumpkin Seeds), Rye Flour,
Malted Wheat Flakes,
Wheat Bran,
Malted Barley Flour,
Salt

No commercial yeast or added emulsifiers etc.

​The culture is fermented and grown in the UK by Nicholas & Harris, who are apparently an artisanal craft bakery based in Salisbury, Wiltshire.

Not all ultra processed foods are equally bad, it's a very broad term and the key, as always, is a balanced diet.

Ultra-processed foods: how bad are they for your health? - BHF share.google/lI7MRVQkDV8FOwaOg

Sago

I have just come up to bed after preparing my sourdough after its bulk rise, it will now sit in the fridge ready to bake at some stage tomorrow.

Ingredients are flour, water and salt.

I add a seeded flour and sometimes just a handful of seeds instead.

It’s easy, cheap and nutritious and exactly as bread was made in biblical times.

I use the method and recipe by Elaine Boddy, she is all over the internet and has written books.

Thank you Sago !

Any bread from a supermarket will be Ultra processed, even the ones on the binstore bakery area. However the most processed are all those made by manufacturers like arburtons, Mother's Pride etc. The most processed loaf is the Toasty.

Ideally the only place to buy bread is from a proper old fashioned baker, but this is expensive and, as I have discovered, since we moved area they cannot always be found.

The best compromise, if you cannot access a baker is a loaf from the bakery counter in a shop like Waitrose.

Sorry for typos!

Aldi do a pretty good sliced seeded sourdough, it’s softer than the very chewy (and expensive) Waitrose seeded sourdough. Jason’s so a nice one that is also expensive but a better size slice for toasting. They are made with fermented flour. The only Hovis loaf I’ve found that is fairly free if YPFs is their soft white batch loaf, not seeded though, all their seeded bread is high in UOFs and unrecognisable ingredients. Jackson’s are as bad. Well done for reading the ingrdiebts list, it’s amazing that so few people bother.

If you use Facebook there is a good page called Go UPF Free, which is worth following.

I have just come up to bed after preparing my sourdough after its bulk rise, it will now sit in the fridge ready to bake at some stage tomorrow.

Ingredients are flour, water and salt.

I add a seeded flour and sometimes just a handful of seeds instead.

It’s easy, cheap and nutritious and exactly as bread was made in biblical times.

I use the method and recipe by Elaine Boddy, she is all over the internet and has written books.

Most of the big brand pre sliced breads are ultra processed nowadays. This is why we bought a breadmaker a few months ago so we can cut down on additives.

Jason's Sourdough seems to be the least processed. They do a loaf with sunflower seeds. I've bought this from Sainsburys but I don't know who else stocks it.