My first product review is probably one of the most talked about foods on the allergy circuit - BREAD! Last week I stopped into an awesome Co-Op in Oak Park, IL called The Sugar Beet. They have tons of unique products, and by some stroke of luck I stumbled upon a totally allergen free loaf of bread. The brand is Little Northern Bakehouse, and they advertise as a gluten free company. But unlike most gluten free breads, they are also free of eggs and soy!
Here is the ingredient list for the loaf I picked up:
Water, gluten free flour blend (modified tapioca starch, potato starch, whole brown rice flour, whole sorghum flour, corn starch), sunflower oil, dextrose, psyllium, cane sugar, yeast, pea fibre, modified cellulose, salt, rice bran, whole millet, whole chia seeds, cultured cane sugar, vinegar, cellulose gum.
I waited until the elimination actually started to give this bread a try. Like most "healthy" breads, it comes frozen. And like all frozen breads it can be a little hard to snap off a slice. I ended up sticking the whole loaf in the microwave for 10 seconds, which was long enough to be able to use a butter knife to separate all the slices before putting them back in the bag and into the freezer.
I toasted one slice on the same settings I use for "normal" bread. I was impressed when the result was a nice crusty slice of bread! I spread it with sunflower seed butter and a smidge of apricot jam. The verdict: tasty! Perhaps a little sweeter than standard bread, and it does lose its toasty crunch the longer the toppings sit on it. But overall I pretty much forgot it was anything different than usual, which is pretty much the goal! We don't eat a ton of bread at my house to begin with, but since this is frozen, it will be nice to keep a loaf around at all times, just in case the need for toast or a BLT arises :)
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