Posted on 03/18/2016 11:17:51 AM PDT by nickcarraway
For the past 10 years, bread has been under attack.
Professor Zhou Weibiao, a food scientist at the National University of Singapore, isnt wrong.
According to current nutritional thinking, white bread is digested too fast, spikes blood sugar levels and is linked to obesity.
In short, its the enemy of healthy eaters.
Weibiaos answer to this problem? Hes invented a purple bread.
Rich in cancer-fighting antioxidants, digested 20 percent slower than regular white bread and made entirely of natural compounds, it could be the first superfood of the baked goods world.
The great bake off
A long-time staple food, breads big problem is its high glycemic index: its sugar content speedily gets into the blood stream, causing blood sugar levels to peak and crash.
Furthermore, its rapidly digestible starch content means people often eat more of it than they should.
The challenge was to see if we could change the formula of bread without changing the smooth texture of white bread that people really love, Weibiao said.
He decided to extract anthocyanins from black rice which give the grain its much trumpeted antioxidant qualities and infuse it in his bread.
Weibiao left behind the rices starch properties.
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That purple bread doesn’t look very appetizing.
No. Think about it.
I like my Johnny Walker red.
Years ago, some scientists managed to make a flour from sterilized human excrement. It was brown and tasted like you know what.
“I like my bread white or wheat with lots of seeds.”
If you haven’t already, I suggest you try Brownberry Nutty Almond bread.
This ain’t too bad. It’s the color of red onions. I’d actually like to see an onion roll variety.
that’s dainbramaged all right
If you want a wonderful bread, full of some of natures best ingredients, you should try Paul’s Killer Bread. I have been eating the “Good Seed” variety (sunflower and flax seeds), and it’s so good; and I’m not that big a fan of bread - per se.
It comes thin sliced, and it doesn’t fall apart when you put a lot of ingredients on it.
This is just a personal testimony - because I’m not a big bread eater, and the seeds are not just on the crust, but all throughout the bread. Awesome.
It’s great to be able to have a sandwich which includes two of the most important seeds you can eat. I lathered on cream cheese, and several slices of whisper-thin sliced Italian salami .. and even saved half the sandwich, wrapped in a paper towel and placed in a zip sealed baggie. The next day, it was still edible - not soggy or mushy (partly because the paper towel absorbed the moisture) .. still had the same great taste. This will be great for sandwiches that have to be prepared ahead of time.
But, if you’re going to store them for any length of time, please wrap each sandwich in a paper towel and put it in a baggie that can be sealed.
Hmmmm ..?? That stack of bread looks like somebody just put purple dye in the batter .. sorry, but it does look that way.
This aint too bad. Its the color of red onions. Id actually like to see an onion roll variety.
Mmmmm .... that does sound good.
— - - - -when I was more into cooking/baking I made a great
bread using cranberries and cranberry juice. Ate it toasted
with cream cheese-——pretty gud!!
I solved the problem by not eating a lot of bread or wheat products. Now I only use bread to hold real foods like bacon cheeseburgers, hotdogs, and meatloaf.
Dave's Killer Bread is great! We enjoy the green label - 21 Whole Grains and Seeds. We don't eat much bread, either, but when we do, this is what we eat. It's pretty well balanced, nutritionally, and it tastes really good.
OMGosh, it is “Dave’s Killer Bread” .. not Paul’s.
MY BAD.
I knew I should have gone to the fridge and checked the name .. oh well .. I hope people will see this correction.
Leave leave
Leave your body behind.
That really, really sounds good. You made me hungry.
I love blueberry muffins.
I knew an elderly lady who made the best cinnamon rolls, peach cobblers, apple pies, etc.
Thanks!
“You ever notice there’s no blue food?” - George Carlin.
That sounds tasty. Some of the ‘good bread’, double wrapped in plastic, kept soft and moist is quite good by itself.
Trader Joe’s may have something like what you describe.
I’ll just be sure to check the due dates.
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