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  • 09-02-2007 12:15pm
    #1
    Brown_Eyed_Girl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 107 ✭✭


    Hi guys I am trying to introduce my children to healthy eating from an early age and one of my biggest concerns at the moment is which bread to choose. Most of the time I have them eating homemade brown bread full of lots of healthy s**t but there are times when you just need a good sliced bread to give them. Now while they never eat white bread I am finding it very difficult to find a really good sliced brown bread (and my husband has a pain in his ass with me spending hours reading the labels in the supermarket). Has anyone any good ideas for a healthy sliced brown bread at the moment I am giving them the Irish Pride 100% wholemeal as it seemed the best of the rest !!!!!!! HELP :confused:


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  • #2
    bookiebasher
    Closed Accounts Posts: 331 ✭✭bookiebasher


    having worked for my dad for years in the family bakery you will find that most bread in supermarkets are standard fare but superquinn have their own instore bakery which do a nice selection of wholemeal breads that would be good


  • #3
    brianthebard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,165 ✭✭✭✭brianthebard


    Do they bake it from scratch each day? Or do they just have rolls and loafs sent in and bake them in the oven?


  • #4
    JimmNeutron
    Closed Accounts Posts: 171 ✭✭JimmNeutron


    look out for Vogel brand wholemeal bread. It comes in a real cheap looking clear wrapper with green white and red bits. Its more granary as there are whole grains in it aswel. I get it all the time. It has no addatives/preservatives either so it goes stale pretty quick but is yummy as toast:D It used to be quite rare but its getting increasinly popular. Hope that was of some assistance.

    *EDIT: Its a standard sliced pan so its usually with all the brennans/irish pride etc.


  • #5
    bookiebasher
    Closed Accounts Posts: 331 ✭✭bookiebasher


    they have their own bakery at the back and the bread and confectionery is made from scratch at the premises...unless they have changed this policy as i have been away from the business for 10 years..
    There is no comparison to the hot bread shops and the supermarket bread...its like a ferrari against a mini in my opinion...


  • #6
    Jesus Wept
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,243 ✭✭✭✭Jesus Wept


    bookiebasher wrote:
    they have their own bakery at the back and the bread and confectionery is made from scratch at the premises...unless they have changed this policy as i have been away from the business for 10 years..
    There is no comparison to the hot bread shops and the supermarket bread...its like a ferrari against a mini in my opinion...


    What about McCambridge Wholewheat?

    I'm *Trying* to eat a bit more healthy, its incredibly tasty, but I've no idea really how healthy or not it is,

    any ideas?


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  • #7
    bookiebasher
    Closed Accounts Posts: 331 ✭✭bookiebasher


    all of the big bakeries produce is 70% water...not exact percentage so dont shoot me down..so will not be as good as something thats done in a brickbased oven.


  • #8
    hunnymonster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,365 ✭✭✭hunnymonster


    I like mc cambridges but it's very "crumbly", not really easy for small sticky hands that are unlikely to sit still to eat it.


  • #9
    brianthebard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,165 ✭✭✭✭brianthebard


    bookiebasher wrote:
    they have their own bakery at the back and the bread and confectionery is made from scratch at the premises...unless they have changed this policy as i have been away from the business for 10 years..
    There is no comparison to the hot bread shops and the supermarket bread...its like a ferrari against a mini in my opinion...

    That's fair enough, I don't shop in superquinn but they have a reputation as kind of higher end shopping..most supermarkets wouldn't be baking their bread from scratch, much as I would like them to, instead they get the prebaked and frozen stuff from bread companies...


  • #10
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,387 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    bookiebasher wrote:
    all of the big bakeries produce is 70% water...not exact percentage so dont shoot me down..so will not be as good as something thats done in a brickbased oven.
    That is an imporatant point, for all foods. Now the shops all have this price per kilo, some foods can appear cheaper yet are the same price or dearer. And example is bread, you have all the usual sliced pans and now a large selection of mc-cambridges style brown bread. If you check the carb values (mainly the flour) you will notice it has far more than per 100g so the usual sliced pans are "watered down". It also appears to be relatively high in calories, but this is since it is not bulked up with water.
    dry bread like ryvita can appear very expensive since there is very little water in it.

    The same goes for tinned veg, tinned sweetcorn can appear to have lower calories per 100g than frozen but that is since they include the water in the weight unless specified.


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