Product: Brownberry/Arnold Natural Wheat Bread

This has been one of my favorite breads for years. It has both great nutty flavor and texture with lots of crunchy bits. It makes great toast and is also great for grilled sandwiches (think grilled cheese). I think it is marketed under different names (Arnold vs Brownberry) in different parts of the country and I also am finding differences in the nutrition information on the actual Arnold Bakery website and the label on the bag I have in my freezer. The web site says the bread is rated at 3 g fiber per slice and the label on my bag says 2 g. I also found complete nutrition info at the Livestrong site which states 20 g carb, 4 g sugar. The label on my bag states 18 g carb and only 2 g sugar. So, read your labels! But it is still a favorite that I usually stock up on when I can find it on sale.

Pros: great flavor and texture

Cons: some sugar, high cost

Cost: $3.99 for 1.5 lb loaf

S/C: 2/1

Product: Brownberry Carb Counting Multigrain Bread

I was in my local Sam's Club today and stumbled upon this low carb bread. If you are doing Jorge Cruise's Belly Fat Cure, you can have 2 slices of this for less than 20 g of carbs and 6 g of fiber. That means sandwiches with both sides instead of open face! For complete nutrition information click here. Now, I did notice that even though it's rated at 0 g sugar and has no high fructose corn syrup, it does have sucralose listed as the very last ingredient. I had a piece with my oatmeal for breakfast and it's certainly not my favorite. I think it lacks texture, even with all of the fiber. I would prefer it have some crunchy bits as one of my favorite breads, Arnold Bakery Natural Wheat bread. Of course it is loaded with carbs compared to this bread. The Natural Wheat is still doable with BFC. I'll review it separately. To check to see if Carb Counting bread is available near you, click on the title link above which will take you to the Brownberry web page where you can enter your zip code to check. Bottom line, I think I'd rather have one slice of the Natural Wheat than 2 slices of the Carb Counting. I will, however, use this to make sandwiches where it helps to have 2 pieces to hold stuff together.

Pros: low carb, high fiber

Cons: minute amount of sucralose

Cost: $5.66 for 2 loaves @ Sam's Club

S/C: 0/1 (for 1 or 2 slices)

Product: Private Selection Sugar Free 100% Whole Wheat Bread

For those of you who live near a grocery run by Kroger's (including Ralph's, King Soopers, Smith's, Frys, Dillons, and others), look for their Private Selection brand in the bread dept. They have a Sugar Free 100% Whole Wheat that is really good. Pictured is the nutrition label. It is sweetened with maltitol which is first among the sweet ingredients on the label. It also has a small amount of raisin juice concentrate and sucralose. The sucralose is the next to last ingredient so I can't believe there could be very much.

Pro's: high fiber, good tasting, filling

Con's: may not be widely available, tiny bit of sucralose

Cost:

S/C: 0/1