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White bread that isn't white?

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  • pegasus
    pegasus
    man you people are nasty like fuck on this site. WTF is wrong with you?
  • pegasus
    pegasus
    man you people are nasty like fuck on this site. WTF is wrong with you?
  • dailyheights
    dailyheights
    cafeaulait wrote: man you people are nasty like fuck on this site. WTF is wrong with you?
    ha. good one.

    C'mon, Jaegermeister shots for everybody! On me.
  • dailyheights
    dailyheights
    cafeaulait wrote: man you people are nasty like fuck on this site. WTF is wrong with you?
    ha. good one.

    C'mon, Jaegermeister shots for everybody! On me.
  • longtimesloper
    longtimesloper
    BrooklynJack wrote: bleached and unbleached flour are the same color, bleached flour is a poor quality and need to be bleached to make it the same color is unbleached flour


    Now here's a stupid question. Why don't you ask at Trader Joe's?
    Because I am not at Trader Joe's right now and I didn't think to call them up. Also, I have seen this in a lot of natural breads, not just theirs and thought I would ask here figuring someone would know. WTF thought it would cause such a big uproar???
  • longtimesloper
    longtimesloper
    BrooklynJack wrote: bleached and unbleached flour are the same color, bleached flour is a poor quality and need to be bleached to make it the same color is unbleached flour


    Now here's a stupid question. Why don't you ask at Trader Joe's?
    Because I am not at Trader Joe's right now and I didn't think to call them up. Also, I have seen this in a lot of natural breads, not just theirs and thought I would ask here figuring someone would know. WTF thought it would cause such a big uproar???
  • MOD
    MOD
    It wasn't you, people seem to be cranky today. Is there a full moon or something?
  • MOD
    MOD
    It wasn't you, people seem to be cranky today. Is there a full moon or something?
  • anastasia beaverhausen
    anastasia beaverhausen
    Mamacita wrote: It wasn't you, people seem to be cranky today. Is there a full moon or something?
    I think tomorrow is a full moon. I'm going to work with a machete and an AK-47.
  • anastasia beaverhausen
    anastasia beaverhausen
    Mamacita wrote: It wasn't you, people seem to be cranky today. Is there a full moon or something?
    I think tomorrow is a full moon. I'm going to work with a machete and an AK-47.
  • eggcream
    eggcream

    Subject: Re: White bread that isn't white?

    LongTimeSloper wrote: OK, I know this isn't a PS topic, but this is where I hang out.

    So, why is the white bread at the supermarkets (Wonder, Arnold, Pepperidge Farm, etc) actually white in color, but, the white bread at Trader Joe's (Canadian White Bread) not white at all and actually a taupe color (and, no, it is not wheat bread). I have seen other natural brand white breads also like this. What do they do to the more commercial white breads to make them actually white?
    "White bread is bread made from wheat flour from which the bran and often the germ have been removed, in contrast to whole wheat bread made from whole wheat flour, in which these parts are retained and contribute a brownish color. In addition, this white flour is often bleached using potassium bromate or chlorine dioxide gas to remove any slight yellow color and make its baking properties more predictable.

    The development of white bread was a response to the adaptation of the grocery business to modern commerce. Bleaching gives white flour a far longer shelf life than whole wheat flour, and bread made from it has a longer shelf life. This allows it to survive storage and long transit times.

    White bread is often criticized for being less nutritious than other breads. Most of the vitamins inherent in wheat are removed along with the germ or destroyed in the bleaching process.

    In the United States, by law, white flour must be enriched with vitamins, replacing most of the major vitamins removed by bleaching - though critics claim that valuable trace minerals removed by bleaching are not replaced in the enrichment process.

    Counter-arguments to this claim note that the amount of trace minerals in bread is minuscule to begin with and their supply is easily substituted by other common dietary constituents such as fruits and vegetables. "
  • eggcream
    eggcream

    Subject: Re: White bread that isn't white?

    LongTimeSloper wrote: OK, I know this isn't a PS topic, but this is where I hang out.

    So, why is the white bread at the supermarkets (Wonder, Arnold, Pepperidge Farm, etc) actually white in color, but, the white bread at Trader Joe's (Canadian White Bread) not white at all and actually a taupe color (and, no, it is not wheat bread). I have seen other natural brand white breads also like this. What do they do to the more commercial white breads to make them actually white?
    "White bread is bread made from wheat flour from which the bran and often the germ have been removed, in contrast to whole wheat bread made from whole wheat flour, in which these parts are retained and contribute a brownish color. In addition, this white flour is often bleached using potassium bromate or chlorine dioxide gas to remove any slight yellow color and make its baking properties more predictable.

    The development of white bread was a response to the adaptation of the grocery business to modern commerce. Bleaching gives white flour a far longer shelf life than whole wheat flour, and bread made from it has a longer shelf life. This allows it to survive storage and long transit times.

    White bread is often criticized for being less nutritious than other breads. Most of the vitamins inherent in wheat are removed along with the germ or destroyed in the bleaching process.

    In the United States, by law, white flour must be enriched with vitamins, replacing most of the major vitamins removed by bleaching - though critics claim that valuable trace minerals removed by bleaching are not replaced in the enrichment process.

    Counter-arguments to this claim note that the amount of trace minerals in bread is minuscule to begin with and their supply is easily substituted by other common dietary constituents such as fruits and vegetables. "
  • dailyheights
    dailyheights
    We went to Trader Joe's last night. Pulled up, looked in, saw only white bread and got back in the car and left. No thanks.
  • dailyheights
    dailyheights
    We went to Trader Joe's last night. Pulled up, looked in, saw only white bread and got back in the car and left. No thanks.
  • lo kee
    lo kee
    Jaaaaaysus what's up with the hatin
  • lo kee
    lo kee
    Jaaaaaysus what's up with the hatin
  • brooklynjack
    brooklynjack
    It is interesting to compare the nutritional quantities of bleached and unbleached flours. Unbleached has more trace elements in it but as you say it is small amount

    http://www.generalmills.com/corporate/brands/brand.aspx?catID=60&groupID=19406
  • brooklynjack
    brooklynjack
    It is interesting to compare the nutritional quantities of bleached and unbleached flours. Unbleached has more trace elements in it but as you say it is small amount

    http://www.generalmills.com/corporate/brands/brand.aspx?catID=60&groupID=19406
  • stacey
    stacey
    dailyheights wrote: We went to Trader Joe's last night. Pulled up, looked in, saw only white bread and got back in the car and left. No thanks.
    That is just so racist - =; ;)
  • stacey
    stacey
    dailyheights wrote: We went to Trader Joe's last night. Pulled up, looked in, saw only white bread and got back in the car and left. No thanks.
    That is just so racist - =; ;)
  • voodoonyc
    voodoonyc
    dailyheights wrote: We went to Trader Joe's last night. Pulled up, looked in, saw only white bread and got back in the car and left. No thanks.
    Absolutely hilarious. :)
  • voodoonyc
    voodoonyc
    dailyheights wrote: We went to Trader Joe's last night. Pulled up, looked in, saw only white bread and got back in the car and left. No thanks.
    Absolutely hilarious. :)
  • smitty
    smitty
    white bread sure is tasty, that is all i know.
  • smitty
    smitty
    white bread sure is tasty, that is all i know.
  • booklaw
    booklaw
    I disagree... white bread has minimal flavor. If you want taste, go for seeded rye or pumpernickel bread.
  • booklaw
    booklaw
    I disagree... white bread has minimal flavor. If you want taste, go for seeded rye or pumpernickel bread.
  • hostgator
    hostgator
    white bread is disgusting intestinal and colonic glue
  • hostgator
    hostgator
    white bread is disgusting intestinal and colonic glue
  • MOD
    MOD
    I'm all about San Francisco Sourdough!!!
  • MOD
    MOD
    I'm all about San Francisco Sourdough!!!