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You're eating bread that is secretly ruining your health. And some are even hiding behind labels that say "natural" or "whole grain." But these brands are using ingredients that have no business being inside bread. Processed, inflammatory seed oils, chlorine-bleached wheat flour, even ingredients that are banned in other countries.
But, I'm going to show you the bread brands you want to skip and, more importantly, the ones you want to eat when it comes to top-quality flavor, nutrition, and ingredients.
Starting with the first brand I want you to avoid, which is Sara Lee. This used to be a family-owned bakery in Chicago, my old town. But, those days are long gone. Sara Lee is actually owned by one of the largest bread conglomerates in the country called Bimbo Bakeries. And the ingredients back up what would be a big corporate conglomerate. All you have to do is look at the ingredients here, and the first one you see is enriched wheat flour. First of all, if it just says wheat flour on there, you know it's white flour. If it has "enriched" in front of it, it's possibly the worst type of flour there is. They stripped out all of the nutrition and then put synthetic vitamins. Not good at all. And then we see the dreaded seed oils in here. Soybean oil has no business being in bread. Grandma didn't use it, so why are they? Because it extends the shelf life of bread. The fat makes it moister and softer. By the way, this bread is unusually soft. I can squeeze this into one little ball here, which is not the way bread should be. And soybean oil will make it softer longer, preserving it, which is a major no-no. Cellulose gum, cellulose is from wood pulp. Wood pulp in bread as a filler ingredient. And then the dreaded monoglycerides here, which is another preservative and emulsifier to make our bread last a long time.
Now, there is a Sara Lee here that says 100% whole wheat flour. And look, instead of the enriched white flour, it is whole wheat flour. They're starting off better. But guys, I looked over the whole library of breads from Sara Lee. I couldn't find one Bobby-approved one. Because yes, it has whole wheat flour there, which is really nice. But then they have something called DATEM here. DATEM is a dough conditioner. Anytime you find these big factory breads, it's all about churn them and burn them, right? It's the Henry Ford style of bread making. DATEM makes the bread rise and proof really quick, so they can cook a lot of loaves or bake a lot of loaves at one time. The dreaded natural flavors. Longtime viewers of the channel know natural flavors are the biggest lie in the grocery store. Why would you put that in here when freshly baked bread should be delicious as is? So, for those reasons and many more in the ingredients, I would never buy Sara Lee.
But that segues us into the first top-quality bread of the day. And if you're an Aldi shopper, you like to save money, and you're going to do it with Aldi Organic Knock Your Sprouts Off Bread. Why is this so great? Well, look at the first ingredient here. It's organic sprouted wheat bread, followed by a ton of sprouted grains here like millet, rye, oats, and more. I don't see seed oils. I don't see DATEM. I don't see dough conditioners. I see 1g of honey. Oh, and fun fact, when you sprout a grain, it makes it more digestible for your tummy. It makes it more easily digestible and our body can unlock more nutrition. And because we're shopping at Aldi, hello, hello saving money. $3.59 a loaf. High five to that. Winning. Avoid Sara Lee. The first good bread of the day is Aldi. And stick around later on. I'm going to show you some really good gluten-free options, too.
The second bread I want you to avoid is Nature's Own. This one is owned by a company called Flowers Food. Flowers is the second largest conglomerate in the bread industry. And this is actually a brand, Nature's Own, that was started by them under the "better for you" category. That's preservative-free. I'm not too sure about that, 'cause once again, I couldn't find one bread they make that's Bobby-approved. We start with honey wheat bread here. A soft loaf, very, very squeezable. And we find public enemy number one. It's just the wheat flour. It's not whole grain. It's white wheat flour, which is deficient of nutrition. But the sugar is actually quite high in the ingredient list here. And I'll show you some other ones later on that are incredibly high that you had no idea there was that much sugar in there. 2g of added cane sugar per slice. Well, 2g is half a teaspoon of sugar. If you make a sandwich for little Timmy with two slices of bread, that's a full teaspoon of sugar. I don't like that at all. And I don't like they're putting canola oil in the bread. Once again, the fat makes the bread softer, extends the shelf life, but grandma and grandpa didn't use canola oil. I wouldn't use it either.
Well, they do have a 100% whole grain bread. And if you could be my hands right now, it does feel hefty, hefty, hefty, not as wimpy, wimpy, wimpy. And the first ingredient is the whole wheat flour. [snorts] So, I will give them that. But, once again, I see that canola oil in there, which we don't want in our bread. And I see sugar. I see 2g of added cane sugar in here, which I don't want at all. And here's the funniest one of all. They have the gall to put "Healthy White" on this bread here. I would argue there's nothing healthy about white bread. So, of course, because it's white, they're using the regular wheat flour, though stripped of all the nutrition. BUT, oh my goodness. Are my eyes deceiving me? That's 5g of added cane sugar per slice. This is what 5g of added cane sugar looks like. So, if you're making this sandwich, once again, for little Lizzie, 10g of cane sugar for her PB&J just from the bread. Crazy. And oh, by the way, she's getting the canola oil. She's getting cellulose and guar gum. All signs of heavily processed bread, which we want to avoid. There's nothing better for you about that bread.
But it brings us to our second primo Bobby-approved pick of the day. One Mighty Mill Stone Milled Bread. Oh, this is hefty, hefty, hefty. I'm getting a bicep workout here, guys. This is probably one of the best breads you can buy at the grocery store. I picked this one up at Walmart for $5.92. Yes, it's organic. But, see where it says "stone milled"? These guys have a relationship with farmers. They buy fresh grain. They take it to mills they own, and mill it with stone, the way grandpappy and grandma used to do it, which means higher nutrition for you and me. And the ingredients say that too. Nothing but simple ingredients, a small ingredient list. And there is oil, but oh, they're using extra virgin olive oil. This is fantastic. You can also pick it up at Whole Foods, some Targets, and Sprouts. But bonus, because I always like to throw you guys a little extra things here and there. They make bagels. They make the only, I repeat, the only Bobby-approved bagel on the market. Whether it's this or their everything bagel or their cinnamon raisin bagel, once again, whole organic freshly stone-milled flour with the best-in-class ingredients. They don't get better than that.
The next bread I want you to avoid is Dave's Killer Bread. Now, it's not because they were bought by Flowers Food, the huge bread conglomerate, years ago. It's actually because the ingredients they've been using all along are not the best. Now, look at this. There is a lot to like about this "Green 21 Whole Grains and Seeds" bag. It's organic grain. It's loaded with nothing but nuts and seeds and grains. It's very nutrient-dense. But buried in this paragraph of ingredients is cane sugar. And the cane sugar is actually pretty high on the list. And when we look, it's 4g of added cane sugar per slice. This is what 4g of sugar looks like. That's exactly 1 teaspoon. So, I do not think most people or parents know that when you're making a sandwich with two slices, you're getting two teaspoons of added sugar. And even if you look online at their 100% whole wheat loaf, which I couldn't find at the store for some reason, it's still has 4g of added sugar, but it has canola oil added there, too, which the green loaf didn't have.
But, this video's all about the better-for-you swaps. And you don't have to leave the Dave's family completely because the Power Seed Bread is my favorite and only Bobby-approved bread in the Dave's Killer family. Once again, it's loaded with nothing but nutrient-dense organic grains, nuts, and seeds. But we are devoid of the cane sugar in the ingredients. Instead, look what it says: organic fruit juice. And only 1g of it. Huge difference. You're talking about refined, leached, processed cane sugar and organic fruit juice. 4g per slice, 1g per slice. This is the Dave's Killer you want. They have it at all grocery stores and it's the only one that's Bobby-approved. Speaking of, stick around later in the video. I'm going to show you the best burger bun I found that's the by far the only Bobby-approved one on the market.
We take a super quick break from the video to throw some love to Armra Colostrum. And my link down below gets you 20% off your first order of Armra Colostrum. Now, yes, they do pay me to help them promote, but I've been using this stuff forever because in this scooper here is colostrum from grass-fed, pasture-raised cattle. Now, no, they're not stealing the colostrum from the baby calves. Over 50% of colostrum is actually run off, and that's what this is. But think about it, what is colostrum? It's the early mother's milk. And this is a liquid gold. It's literally the backbone of the immune system in the colostrum. And Armra does it right. Look what it says here, there's hundreds of living bioactives in this colostrum. And they use cold chain technology. So, they never heat or destroy the bioactives, which are known to help with immune barrier, gut barrier, respiratory barrier, and more. You can scoop this into smoothies, juices. I just dry scoop it on my tongue. Don't put it into hot liquids, 'cause you can destroy the living bioactives. But this stuff is great. If you want to try it out, my link down below gets you 20% off your first order of Armra Colostrum.
The next bread I want you to avoid is sourdough bread. Why? Because most of them on the market are fake sourdough. Sourdough is just a couple ingredients: water, flour, salt, and fermented sourdough starter. That's it. Well, why do so many on the market, like this Nature's Own here, have yeast on there? Yeast should not be in sourdough bread. That's a cheater's way of doing it. And it has the canola oil in here. Think about it. The reason why we're eating sourdough bread is 'cause when it's naturally fermented, it has that nice sourdough flavor that we like, but it actually makes it more digestible. When you're using yeast, you're cheating, my friends.
And I love the names here. "Farmhouse Sourdough Bread." They make it seem all warm and cozy. But first of all, they're using enriched wheat flour instead of just regular white flour. Strike number one. Strike number two, uh, the yeast is in there again, which is a major, major sign of fake bread. And we have seed oils in there, which we don't want. Once again, we go back to the marketing here. "Artisano Sourdough Bread." They make it sound so good and so wholesome. But we have the enriched wheat flour. Strike one. We have the yeast. Strike two. We have the seed oil. Strike three and you're out. And then we have natural flavors and signs of heavily processed bread. So, sourdough is good. Fake sourdoughs are bad.
And this video's about showing some love to the good breads also. So, if you want sourdough from the grocery store, say hello to this double loaf of Organic San Francisco Boudin Sourdough Bread. I picked this one up at Costco. It was a great price for a two-pack. And look, it's just a few ingredients here. It's organic flour, wheat gluten, enzymes, and salt. And it specifically calls out naturally fermented for that real sourdough flavor and the real sourdough digestive benefits. This is a cool one, actually. It's called The Essential Baking Company Organic Sourdough. It's only par-cooked. So, you actually finish baking this one at home. I've done it before. It is crusty and delicious. You smear some butter on there. It is awesome. And look at this, organic unbleached flour. And they specifically call out the sourdough starter. Can you see the difference between the real sourdoughs and the fake ones from earlier?
And here is yet another loaf that I picked up from Target. It's called Izzio San Francisco Style Sourdough Bread. When I think San Francisco style, I think of Rice-A-Roni 'cause I'm a child of the '80s. But it's better to think about sourdough bread. Now, this one's not organic, but still, it's a wheat flour, sea salt, water, sourdough culture. You get that nice fermented flavor and the gut benefits. By the way, this is at Target. When you're at Target, wander over to the coffee aisle. We now have this beautiful end cap for my new product, Coffee With Benefits. This is a highly functional single-origin instant coffee with collagen, prebiotic fiber, L-theanine, MCT oil. You have that with some sourdough bread and a smear of butter. It is absolutely delicious. If you want to try my new functional coffee, head to Target nationwide. It is phenomenal.
The next bread I want you to avoid is Pepperidge Farm. Another brand that sounds very wholesome, but there's nothing wholesome about it. Once again, I couldn't find one bread by Pepperidge Farm that was Bobby-approved, meaning clean, nutrient-dense ingredients. Take for example, their 100% whole [snorts] wheat bread. Now, kudos to them, they're not using enriched wheat flour, they're using real whole wheat here. But, there's a lot of ingredients here. One of them is sugar to the tune of 3g of added sugar per slice, which is almost 1 teaspoon. We see the processed, inflammatory soybean oil. And we see the litany of preservatives and bread extenders like monoglycerides, which is also an emulsifier, that makes the bread light and squishy. They know that things like "whole grain oatmeal" are going to sell because it sounds healthy. But, we look at the ingredients once again, and they are using the whole wheat flour, but we see 3g of added sugar. We see the seed oils. And we see those classic processed ingredients you'll see in manufactured bread like monoglycerides and DATEM, which are used to extend the shelf life and increase the production speed of making bread so they can stamp them and get them out of the door. I would avoid Pepperidge Farm, in my opinion.
And another great Bobby-approved bread is one you probably know about: Ezekiel Bread. They're the OGs. They've been doing healthy, organic sprouted grain bread. And we talked about sprouted grains being more nutrient-dense. Well, this is nothing but sprouted wheat, barley, millet, lentils, soybeans, spelt. That's it. Also, it's very nutrient-dense. Look at the amount of fiber, 3g per slice, and it only has 15 carbs per slice. 3g of fiber means it's 12 net carbs. So, a lot of people who are diabetic or looking for low glycemic load breads will like Ezekiel, which is available pretty much at all stores nationwide.
I have a few more top-quality breads I want to share with you, including the one I teased earlier: a burger bun. Guys, I've been on the scowl and prowl for a good burger bun forever. Now, I like a soft, pillowy brioche or potato-style bun. I couldn't find any on the market that were remotely good. Well, say hello to my little friend. These are Crystal Burger Buns. Look on the front here. It's from Barcelona. It's made in Spain. And they're doing it muy bueno with wheat flour, fermented wheat flour, yeast, olive oil, salt. That's it. There's no enriched wheat. There's no sugar. There's no dough conditioners. It's soft and pillowy. The problem is, I've been talking about it a lot on Instagram Stories. Make sure to follow me on Instagram and Facebook. I post stories every day. It's selling out. I barely could find this at The Fresh Market or Whole Foods anymore. So, if you're going to buy it, let's keep it between us because Crystal makes a delicious burger bun. I love it.
Now, I promised gluten-free breads earlier. This is the best, I repeat, the best gluten-free/paleo bread on the market. It's called Base Culture. It's in the freezer aisle. The only problem is it's expensive. It's $10 a loaf, but it goes on sale for about $7 a loaf sometimes, and I load up and stock it in the freezer. It's made with non-GMO eggs, cashew butter, sauerkraut, arrowroot, psyllium husk, almond flour, coconut oil. It only has five net carbs and 3g of fiber. This is the sourdough variety, but any of them are great. I get it, once again, in the freezer section at Whole Foods or Sprouts. Those are the only two places I know that have it.
As a backup to a slightly cheaper gluten-free, I would get the Canyon Bakehouse, but not all Canyon Bakehouse. Stick with this one right here. This is the whole grain seven grain bread. Now, it still is $7 to $8, so a little bit cheaper than the Base Culture, but it has good ingredients: brown rice, sorghum, agave, and cane sugar to the tune of 3g added, so not ideal, with extra virgin olive oil, little bit of xanthan gum. But it is better than most gluten-free breads on the market. To be honest, I'd rather just buy this one when it's on sale because you avoid the cane sugar and the xanthan gum. But still, it's a good secondary backup gluten-free option for our gluten-free friends out there.
Speaking of gluten-free friends, brand new to the market. I literally haven't tried this yet, so I'm going to try the bagels and leave a comment down below. Queen Street. The only place I know to get this right now is Sprouts. They make bread and bagels that are perfectly gluten-free, Bobby-approved. Sorghum, fava bean, apple cider vinegar, psyllium husk, agave syrup, garlic, cultured rice. This is a perfect bagel. I wonder how it's going to toast up. I'm going to do it this weekend. I'll leave a comment down below.
And we have to give a little bit of love to Silver Hills Sprouted Gluten Bread. This is available pretty much every grocery store nationwide, and it's made with organic sprouted grains. My only qualm, it's small with this one, is there is cane sugar here, but it's only 1g per slice because the serving size is two slices. So, compare that to the breads we showed earlier, way less and way superior.
So, that's it. Those are the breads you want to avoid, and more importantly, the breads you want to eat. Like, subscribe, share. If you want to see more videos like this, leave a comment down below. But I'll see you soon. Bye.