Written by Catherine Saxelby
on Wednesday, 15 November 2017.
Tagged: bread, convenience, glycemic load, health, healthy eating, low GI, lower carb, nutrition, review
I stumbled over this loaf in my IGA supermarket at Drummoyne in Sydney's inner west. I don’t go there all that often. There it was, sitting at the start of the bread section, screaming out to me via its bright yellow and red colours on the label. Is this yet another “lower-carb bread” (there have been lots lately)? Does this taste as terrible as most lower-carb products do? Is this a bread a dietitian would be happy to recommend? Read on to find out the answers to these and more.
After water, the key ingredient is gluten aka wheat protein, followed by soy protein and lupin protein,
Lupin is a legume that has just come on to the list of allergens for a minority of people. It’s been grown for yonks by farmers to feed their cattle or sheep when they needed building up.
Here are the ingredients it contains:
Water, wheat protein, soy protein, lupin protein, soy meal, linseed, sunflower seeds, soy grits, wholegrain wheat meal, wheat bran, soy flour, yeast, vinegar, apple fibre, iodised salt, roasted malted barley flour, emulsifier (322), acidity regulator (262). |
I have received two emails from Hermanbrot Bakery in Qld but they would not tell me WHY this loaf uses certain ingredients. For instance:
So far, I’m none the wiser. For a specialist loaf like this, that’s a shame. I only ask to anticipate the queries I may receive from you the readers and so like to be well informed.
As I love bread and have worked at the Bread Research Institute for five years, I understand bread formulations and how ingredients work to create a pleasant well-risen loaf. Unfortunately for now, you’ll just have to accept the ingredients in this bread as is.
In terms of taste and mouthfeel, this is the best out there. Just close your eyes when you sink your teeth into it so you don’t notice its dark colour. If you love bread, as I do, but have to shed weight or have diabetes, this bread is a good addition to your kitchen. I remain pleasantly surprised.
This bread looks identical to the Hermanbrot above, being the same 600 g in weight, dark in colour, identical nutrition figures and identical list of ingredients.
But the good news is that it costs only A$4.99 at an Aldi supermarket - so is around $2 cheaper! This may interest you if you live near an Aldi and can buy it there.
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