3g Carbs Per Slice Bread w/ 8g Protein!

[backpacker]

There is only one brand of bread I will eat. In fact, other than this bread, I eat NO other wheat/flour based products. Most of the "low-carb" wheat products are quite franken-foodish to me and contain lots of preservatives and strange things I can't pronounce unless I concentrate.

The bread I get is made by Natural Ovens, and it's called "Golden Crunch Carb Conscious Bread". It tastes GREAT and has only 3g carbs per slice, with 8g of protein. I'm serious, it actually tastes very good, and it's not a light and fluffy wonderbread feeling bread - it really fills you up. That means if you have a sandwich the bread portion is only 6g carbs and 16g of protein!

It's also loaded with a bunch of vitamins, 470mg of omega 3, and the list goes on. It also contains *NO* preservatives, so keep it in the fridge or it'll go bad quick. It has no trans-fat, no refined sugars, and no sugar alcohols. I get it for about $2.75/loaf at my local coop, but the big grocer sells it for $5.39. So, even if you pay the $4.69 on their website, it's totally worth it!

Check it out here: Yummy Bread (http://www.naturalovens.com/Shop/Bakery/Breads/For_the_Health_Conscious/Golden_Crunch_Carb_Conscious_Bread.html)

And for that quick morning meal, they have a similar bagel. It's just as good, has 7g carbs and 15g of protein.

Check the bagels out here: Yummy Bagels (http://www.naturalovens.com/Shop/Bakery/Bagels/Golden_Crunch_Bagels.html)

I love to have the bagel with cream cheese and a few eggs and some sausage for a quick work-week high protein breakfast with less than 10 carbs. Mmmmmmm...

They are mostly midwest, but like I said, you can order over the net.

Check for local stores: Store Locator (http://www.naturalovens.com/Our_Stores/index.html)

Now if they only made hamburger buns! :)

[avnndd]

Are you sure you're not getting a commission? ;)

[backpacker]

Commission? Nope. I just know it's darn near impossible to find good low-carb bread, so I thought some people would like the info. This happens to be very good, and very low-carb bread that I recommend to everybody. :)

Commission would be nice though. ;)

[Gaelen]

actually, I'm partial to Joseph's Oat Bran reduced carb pitas, myself...but none of these are actually recipes for original breads. ;) So if no one has any objections, I'm going to move this thread to the "Protein Power Kitchen," as they're great suggestions for pantry items while not being actual recipes.

Gaelen

[backpacker]

Don't mind, I didn't realize this was a recipe only forum when I posted it.

You say your "partial" to Joseph's pitas? So I take it you must have tried the Natural Ovens Bread? What did you think?

I haven't heard of the Joseph's pita's - I'll have to check them out, but I normally don't like buttered tortilla's with my eggs in the morning... ;)

[Gaelen]

No worries, Backpacker. 'The Protein Power Kitchen' is more for pantry discussions; the forums below are designed more for recipes.

In the course of writing 'Supermarket Low Carb' for Carb Health magazine, I tried a whole lot of commercial low carb breads, including Natural Ovens. My own personal preferences are for the Joseph's Reduced Carb Pitas, and Wegman's diet homestyle whole wheat bread--both of which are reasonably priced, available at local grocery stores in the northeast and contain no artifical ingredients, preservatives or sugar alcohols. I've not yet found a truly good and reliable *recipe* for low carb bread, although I've come up with some mean muffins, scones and biscuits. But as far as pantry breads, the more the merrier. I love searching out low carb items (especially stuff that isn't labelled 'low carb') in the regular grocery store. And the closer I can get to natural ingredients, the more I like them--so great suggestion.

Gaelen

[Cora]

Am I missing something? :confused: I went to the links you provided, but I couldn't find the exact bread name you provided. The closest I found was the Original Carb Concious Bread, which is 5 ECC.

[Thedabara]

I too was wondering. The closest I got with the bagel was 21 ecc, but the fiber was 7 and on the bread the fiber was 3. The bagel was the golden grain bagel or something like that.
Jenny

[Gaelen]

I agree, I think the ECC is 5g. This is the link to the nutrient information for Carb Conscious bread:

http://www.naturalovens.com/Shop/Bakery/Breads/Hearty_%26_Satisfying/Original_Carb_Conscious_Bread.html

Gaelen

[phantasmagoric]

:( *cries*

i live in a fairly small town, so i dont have very many low-carb products available to me. and the very few low-carb products they do sell, are VERY expensive.

the only low-carb bread i can get here is orowheat carb concious bread. low-carb bagels dont exisist. :(

[backpacker]

I'm quite confused here, I lifted my post and links from when I made the post only a couple weeks ago somewhere else. Since then, they have changed the links on thier site and I can't find the bread anymore. They do still make it, and I have a loaf in front of me.

From the nutrition label (per slice):

Total Calories 80
From Fat 36

Total Carbohydrate 7g
Dietary Fiber 4g
Sugars 2g
Protien 8g
Total Fat 4g
Saturated Fat 0g
Trans Fat 0g

Calcium 15%
Vitamin D 30%
Niacin 15%
Iron 8%
Thiamin 8%
Vitamin B6 15%
Folate 15%
Magnesium 15%
Vitamin B12 15%
Zinc 15%
Cromium 15%
Selenium 15%

So yes, it is 3 ECC per slice.

Bagels: 15 total, 8 fiber, 5 sugar = 7 ECC

I am going to call them later on today to make sure they sill make the bread. I'm guessing they just don't sell it over the web anymore.

[Thedabara]

Please let us know what they say! They don't sell any products in new England, but I would order from the internet gladly! That's how I get most of my low carb foods that aren't homemade!
Jenny

[backpacker]

Well, you may as well delete this thread. Natural Ovens has stabbed me in the back! :( I know "stabbed" is a little harsh, but I'm quite bummed.

Here was their response to my inquiry.



Dear Dan,

Thank you for writing and enjoying our wonderful products. Dan the
golden crunch bagels are now called golden grain bagels and the bread
is called golden grain bread. We took out some of the protein flour so the
bagels would shape up better and the holes in the bread would be less.
Protein flour is what makes a lo-carb product and by taking some of it
out of the recipe that changed the carbs. The carbs are now 28g. and
the fiber is 7g.

I am SOOOO disappointed!!! Their golden crunch bread was so good. They JUST did this because I got a loaf of golden crunch on Monday. So the bagels jumped from only 7 ECC all the way up to 21!!!

I guess I'll cherish my last loaf.

[BethB]

My Walmart has even quit carrying the Orowheat. The lowest carb bread I can find is about 7ECC a slice.

Gaelen, where do you find Joseph's pitas?

[Omlette]

My Walmart has even quit carrying the Orowheat. The lowest carb bread I can find is about 7ECC a slice.

Gaelen, where do you find Joseph's pitas?

I get the Nature's Own Double Fiber with Omega-3. I believe it is 5 ecc per slice.

[Belfrybat]

I haven't seen the Natures Own Double Fiber, but like their Wheat and Fiber -- 5 ECC per slice. I get mine at Krogers, Walmart, HEB, so I imagine it is available at most chain stores.

[Gaelen]

Beth, I can get these at two of the major grocery chains here in the northeast--Price Chopper, and P&C. They also have wraps which fit on plan, but I've stuck to the pitas because they're a good size, a good price and they freeze well. Now and then when they're on sale, I'll stock up and buy three packs to keep on hand in the freezer.

I think one of the secrets to getting their pita to be 5g ECC per pita is that they are very thin, mediterranean style. Split into two circles, you could almost read through each piece. You can split and fill them, but they tend to hold up better if you slice them in half, and treat each half as a 'slice' of bread to make a half-moon shaped sandwich. At least it fits nicely into sandwich bags and makes a great protein source and low-carb vehicle for peanut butter and homemade cranberry jam, or my favorite--cheese, baby spinach, tomato, red onion sandwiches with horseradish or bleu cheese dressing, melted in the microwave just until the cheese is runny.

[gator8me]

Pepperidge Farm makes a couple of very nice 5ecc varieties of breads. I get them at my local Walmart but I haven't been able to find them at the walmart here... grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr good thing I don't rely on bread anymore like I used to lol...

[avnndd]

Wonder Lite and Sara Lee Deliteful (I think that's the name...can't remember exactly) both come in at around 6 ECC. I think they are pretty good, and not super expensive.

[Gaelen]

Just remember, in searching out on-plan breads, that a low ECC isn't the only thing that counts. Make sure that the breads you choose don't also contain some of the food products we know contribute to cravings or are just flat out bad for us. Many diet breads still contain transfats and high fructose corn syrup--so read the labels!

[lizi145]

Backpacker...I have their bread & bagels in my freezer as we speak. I happened to run across Natural Ovens products about a year ago & am very happy with their LC items.

[backpacker]

I recently picked up Natural Oven's new 5 ECC "original low carb" bread. It used to be only 3 ECC, as mentioned above. I'll admit that the new 5 ECC version is a little tastier, but I was fine with the old one. I wish they didn't have to increase my occasional sandwiches by 4 ECC (2 more per slice).

Gaelen, this is the only bread I eat, for exactly the reason you mentioned - no trans-fat, no refined sugars, and no sugar alcohols, no corn syrup, no preservatives. If it wasn't for the wheat I'd almost think it's healthy for me. ;)