I'm looking for a decent whole grain bread. I feel like I keep standing there in bread row with no idea of what to get. I know less refined flour, corn syrup, etc. But it would be good to just go in, grab, and get out of there before the italian bread picks a fight with me.

Any suggestions?

awww . this post made me giggle. I feel the same way when it comes to bread. I'm so used to looking for the cheapest brown bread that it's prob. a phony whole wheat.

The bread isle can be so confusing, I also like to just get in, pick one, and get out! I'm sure it's not the best choice, but the Wonder Light Wheat tastes pretty good and it's only 1 WW point for two slices. If you're in a hurry or intimidated in the bread isle you could grab that until you have time to do more research! Good luck!

I'm personally a really big fan of Nature's Own breads. I've been buying their Honey Wheat bread. Good stuff.

Hi,
I don't know if this is in any of the regular stores or not. If you have a Whole Foods, Trader Joe's or pretty much any kind of health store around, they should have a line of breads from the company Food For Life called Ezekiel 4:9. They are just whole sprouted grains, flourless, no sugar, nothing artificial. They have sandwich bread, english muffins, bagels, tortillas, and burger buns.

Another product that I like isn't for sandwiches, but is another unlevened, whole grain bread product so moist it's more like cake or something like what my mother made as banana nut bread. It's called Manna, it's shaped into small loaves like they used to make way back when...and I love the Fruit and Nut variety, just sprouted wheat kernals, sprouted oats, raisins, dates, cashews, almonds, hazelnuts, cinnamon (all organic) and water. Yum. They also have a whole grain rye, a multi-grain, a multi-seed, carrot raisin and others I can't remember.

Yahooo! Choices. I have tried the WW. I found it a bit too airy for sandwiches. Maybe I got a bad loaf, because some of the slices in the middle had quarter sized holes in them. The taste was good and I can't beat the calorie count.

I'll have to look for Nature's own. That might be worth a trip to an upscale store.

Sprouted? Hmmmm. Does it have a green taste to it? It seems like it should. I saw an ad for that brand somewhere else and I wondered if anyone had tried it.

Thanks for the suggestions everyone!!

Pepperidge Farm Natural Whole Grain 100% Whole Wheat bread is amazing, but 110 calories per slice.

Ouch! I looked at that one on the last trip to the store. I like the ingredients, but one sandwich would end up being half my calories for the day. Open face doesn't work when you're driving.

I also buy Nature's Own double fiber bread. 40 calories per slice, HFCS is pretty far down the list of ingredients. I get it at our pokey little neighborhood grocery store, nowhere fancy.

So, what do you guys look for in your breads?

If I remember correctly the nutritionist said the WW+ bread isn't really *whole*? Does anyone know?

I tend to eat whole wheat Tortillas as opposed to regular bread, personally because of taste.

I just saw Nature's own in the grocery store today. The one I looked at seemed to have decent ingredients but I do like my more fibrous "The Baker" bread so I went with that instead. I also looked at some Alvarado street sprouted grain bread but it also had less fiber than my usual so I went with my usual.

I'm a constant label reader though, if I'm looking for a new sliced bread, I can spend 20 minutes in the bread aisle looking at all the ingredients and nutritional information.

What I look for in the bread is the following:
No sweeteners or limited and preferably natural if anything
Whole grains only
Good fiber content
50-70 calories per slice at most

The bread I normally buy has organic ingredients but I don't buy it because of that. I buy it because it is nice and dense and filling and has overall good ingredients.