Hey imagardener2, I finally found a gluten-free bread that I can eat

I don't really have any food allergies except for gluten, but that is a whopper. No beer, no pizza, NO BREAD, etc. I really miss sandwiches and having toast in the morning, but those are serious triggers for me.

I know Udi's has gluten-free bread but for me that causes as many symptoms as regular bread. No surprise if you look at Udi's ingredients list, (I underlined possible problem ingredients that might explain why it gives me trouble):

WATER, TAPIOCA STARCH, BROWN RICE FLOUR, CANOLA OIL, EGG WHITES, POTATO STARCH, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, TAPIOCA MALTODEXTRIN, DRIED CANE SYRUP, TAPIOCA SYRUP, YEAST, GUM (XANTHAN GUM, SODIUM ALGINATE, GUAR GUM), SALT, LOCUST BEAN GUM, CULTURED CORN SYRUP SOLIDS AND CITRIC ACID (MOLD INHIBITOR), ENZYMES.

Anyway I found a gluten-free bread from DeLand Bakery. These are its only ingredients:
oat bran, oatmeal flour, filtered water, sea salt, and baking powder.
That's it. I have been enjoying it for months now without any hint of triggering symptoms. It's great to once again add toast with my breakfast in the morning.

DeLand Bakery is located in DeLand, Florida. Your profile indicates you live in Florida. Perhaps you can find it at a local food coop or progressive grocery store. I would say it tastes as good or better than regular bread, (but I forgot how wheat bread tastes lol).

Post Edited (Coffeemate) : 1/10/2016 3:17:40 PM (GMT-7)

when I worked in a health food store, we could hardly keep enough deland's bread in the freezer. people would order huge cases of it and then it would be sold out very soon after stocking the case. I am in Pennsylvania so I guess it's an east coast thing.

CMate

Which Deland bread do you like? I went to their website and they make many gf breads: GF white, millet, oatmeal, chia, rice and couple others. Pricewise it's identical to Udi's but I'm willing to give it a try.

I prefer the oatmeal bread but have tried their millet bread, still no digestive symptoms. They cannot call their oatmeal bread gluten-free because it is baked in a facility that makes wheat products. So there might be some gluten residue.

But again the ingredients for their oatmeal bread are oat bran, oatmeal flour, filtered water, sea salt, and baking powder. Ordinary wheat products can send me through a loop, but if there is any gluten residue in this bread then it isn't enough to bother me at all. But I am only gluten-sensitive, perhaps a true Celiac who is gluten-intolerant might have a problem with it. Celiacs have absolutely zero tolerance for even minute amounts of wheat.

Ima,
I buy my bread from a food coop not anywhere near Deland, Florida. So I am sure they distribute all over, especially in Florida. I would call them to see if they sell any of their bread to a vendor near where you live before asking Publix to stock something that may turn out to be incompatible for you.

Btw when shopping there look for the category 'All Natural'. Their 'gluten-free' stuff can have junk in it just like Udi's

Casey
Those banquettes sound very promising. Thanks

Post Edited (Coffeemate) : 1/10/2016 7:37:11 PM (GMT-7)

Does sourdough bread have very less gluten because it is fermented? Is it safe to have sourdough bread daily
??

Thanks zengirl. That was helpful.

Do you see any harmful ingredient in this.


https://www.rudisbakery.com/organic/product/rocky-mountain-sourdough/

Ingredients are

organic wheat flour, water, sea salt, organic vinegar, organic oat flour, organic barley malt, organic high oleic sunflower/safflower oil, yeast, organic wheat gluten, cultured organic wheat starch, organic whole wheat flour, ascorbic acid, natural enzymes.
CONTAINS: wheat

St_uc I responded in your newer thread. But as Mark says, we are all different, different biomes react differently to different ingredients. I just believe that fermented food is probiotic and helpful over all. The pre-digestion of gluten in a sourdough may allow you to enjoy a good sourdough if you are gluten intolerant.

I called my local organic store to see if they can carry oat bran bread that coffemate recommended. I have requested them to see if they can carry in their shelf. They have other deland bakery breads and not this one and looks like the distributor too does not carry it.

Today, I went to aldi looking for gluten free white bread. I still do not like all the ingredients in this bread even though I thought will give a try

Water, gluten free flour blend (modified tapioca starch, potato starch, rice flour, corn starch), sunflower oil, sugar, psyllium husk, yeast, egg white powder, modified cellulose, salt, cultured dextrose, cellulose gum.

I found some other items in the store which I thought was worth trying.

organic unsalted rice cake simplynature - only ingredient was brown rice
organic brown rice spaghetti - only ingredient is brown rice

https://www.aldi.us/en/grocery-home/aldi-brands/livegfree/pantry/pantry-detail/ps/p/livegfree-gluten-free-brown-rice-spaghetti-2/

Going to try these two new items.

Post Edited (st_uc) : 1/12/2016 12:23:00 PM (GMT-7)

*Jen* said...
Was just thinking about gluten. My husband is convinced that I have issues with gluten and it likely effects my UC. Have those with a gluten issue notice changes in their UC? Also, how did you figure out that you had an issue?

I didn't think gluten/wheat was a problem for me for a loooong time because I could not relate symptoms to it, probably due to everything being out of whack and many foods causing different problems. I actually thought that bread "calmed" my gut but it actually caused everything to come to a grinding halt, causing constipation and then bleeding. When I finally made the decision to go gluten-free (desperation) my bleeding stopped in a short time.

My gut still had many other food intolerances but gluten-free was a huge step getting me to remission.
BTW I had the celiac blood test and it was negative, I've also been tested negative for lactose intolerance. But my gut reacts to both gluten/wheat and some (not all) kinds of dairy.

Try going gluten-free for 30 days. No it's not easy but you will know then if it is a problem. Do not buy a bunch of "gluten-free" ready made products because many of them have ingredients that are gut-unfriendly and they are not too tasty either. Just skip bread products and pasta, etc. Eat proteins (meat, fish) and veggies. Once you find 7 meals you like to eat you are set for the month.

Good luck.

"Try going gluten-free for 30 days. No it's not easy but you will know then if it is a problem. Do not buy a bunch of "gluten-free" ready made products because many of them have ingredients that are gut-unfriendly and they are not too tasty either. Just skip bread products and pasta, etc. Eat proteins (meat, fish) and veggies. "


yup, this sounds like a good plan to me -

good luck *jen*

btw, fwiw, going total grain free (along with the things in my sig)has kept me off meds for 3+ years -