Anyone use Natures Own bread, stevia, or erthryol?

In my search for low calorie alternatives to the things I love, I found a light wheat bread by Natures Own at 40 cal's a slice. I know it's expensive but it's really good and low in calories. Anyone else like it?

Also, does anyone here use Stevia or the sugar alcohol erthyrol?

Just make sure you don't use sucralose aspartame and other such "artificial sweeteners".  They are bad for you.

I personally dont use stevia but http://healing.about.com/cs/uc_directory/a/uc _stevia_jones.htm ; Also:  http://www.ehow.com/how_2268348_substitute-st evia-sugar-baking.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erythritol

Yes I love Nature Owns! I atcually get the regular white wheat bread 100 calories for 2 slices. I love it! (: Its the only white bread I'll eat. Ahah.

I use both Stevia and Nature's Own bread. I like the Double Fiber WW because it's 50 cals and 5g of fiber a slice. I use truvia sweetner and while it is expensive, to me it is worth it. It tastes like sugar to me and is even the same texture, unlike other natural sweetners.

I also use Natures Own Double Fiber bread...I love the taste and the texture.  I use Stevia and other artificial sweeteners.  I am not yet thrilled with stevia its ok...I guess my issues are more in the way it interacts with some things e.g., ice tea it sort of clumps up and doesnt mix well while the other artificial sweeteners mix better.   With that said I still use Stevia every morning on my grapefruit.

Original Post by dave98z3:

I also use Natures Own Double Fiber bread...I love the taste and the texture.  I use Stevia and other artificial sweeteners.  I am not yet thrilled with stevia its ok...I guess my issues are more in the way it interacts with some things e.g., ice tea it sort of clumps up and doesnt mix well while the other artificial sweeteners mix better.   With that said I still use Stevia every morning on my grapefruit.

Natural sugar does the same thing in iced tea.  Could you mix the tea warm and use Stevia, then add ice?

Original Post by nzeckner:

Original Post by dave98z3:

Natural sugar does the same thing in iced tea.  Could you mix the tea warm and use Stevia, then add ice?

 

I have tried it both hot and cold brew both...stir it like crazy...or stir a little...its hard to describe what it looks like but even in a pitcher of tea...it doesnt dissolve completely and ends up some cloudy white stuff on the bottom....not sure why...not sure if it something I am doing wrong but it just is...the only thing I can tell you is try it...and then let us know what you experience.

I buy Nature's Own Honey Wheat light and I eat it religiously every morning! I also make sandwiches with two slices of ham and cheddar cheese (great value thin sliced honey ham 10 calories per slice and light cheddar cheese singles 25 calories per slice) only 125 cals C=

I'm into sugar alcohols. Mostly xylitol and erythritol, sometimes isomalt and sorbitol (into sugar free candy). It can be a bit of a laxative at first, but you get used to it.

I love Stevia: I use it every day to sweeten my pureed pumpkin mixture at breakfast & my coffee! It's wonderful! I especially like NuNaturals & Sweetleaf Brands.

Me being such an obsessive counter, I quit the Xylitol and became an erythritol fan due to calories. Even Xylitol's 10 cal's per tsp is nothing compared to 0.8 cals in erythritol. I love the taste of both though, but it takes so much if I use them in sweet tea that I use Stevia for it. I've found that if you add Stevia as soon as you boil the tea while it's still hot, that it will dissolve completely. It does leave a hard, sticky film on my bottle after a while but I don't mind. FYI, I was buying all three at my local health store but after seeing how much I use and checking around online, I found erythritol for $5.20 a lb and stevia for $37 shipped for a lb. I was paying $8.00 at my local store for one ounce of stevia, and they sell a pound of it for $64 plus tax! Emerald Forest Xylitol is where I bought the erythritol, they also sell xylitol for much cheaper than stores.

Me being such an obsessive counter, I quit the Xylitol and became an erythritol fan due to calories. Even Xylitol's 10 cal's per tsp is nothing compared to 0.8 cals in erythritol. I love the taste of both though, but it takes so much if I use them in sweet tea that I use Stevia for it. I've found that if you add Stevia as soon as you boil the tea while it's still hot, that it will dissolve completely. It does leave a hard, sticky film on my bottle after a while but I don't mind. FYI, I was buying all three at my local health store but after seeing how much I use and checking around online, I found erythritol for $5.20 a lb and stevia for $37 shipped for a lb. I was paying $8.00 at my local store for one ounce of stevia, and they sell a pound of it for $64 plus tax! Emerald Forest Xylitol is where I bought the erythritol, they also sell xylitol for much cheaper than stores.

I tried Stevia coz it's meant to be natural but it seriously made me so sick when I had it. Couldnt stomach it!

What the heck is in those breads that they have only 40/50calories per slice? No really, I'm quite curious how they make it.

I'm imagining that either they are tiny or they are pumped up with fillers and additives.

Either way I think I'll stick to real bread. After all we all have to eat enough calories each day anyway, so I might as well spend mine on food that really tastes good.

Natures Own is the only manufacturer that does not use high fructose corn syrup and is bromine free. The 40 and 50 cal breads have .5 gram fat, 7-8 carbs after fiber, and about 2.5-4 grams of protein. Actually, when I compared Natures Own Wheat to Sara Lee's 45 calorie version, I found that Natures Own has less ingredients.

Original Post by merylwhite1:

What the heck is in those breads that they have only 40/50calories per slice? No really, I'm quite curious how they make it.

I'm imagining that either they are tiny or they are pumped up with fillers and additives.

Either way I think I'll stick to real bread. After all we all have to eat enough calories each day anyway, so I might as well spend mine on food that really tastes good.

Here you go: http://www.naturesownbread.com/NAT_Varieties/ Variety.cfm?CategoryID=100&ProductID=19

WATER, UNBLEACHED ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), FIBER (SOY FIBER AND/OR COTTONSEED FIBER), WHEAT GLUTEN, SUGAR, WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, WHEAT BRAN, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: YEAST, SUGAR CANE SYRUP, SALT, DOUGH CONDITIONERS (CONTAINS ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, CALCIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, MONOGLYCERIDES AND/OR DIGLYCERIDES, CALCIUM PEROXIDE, CALCIUM IODATE, DATEM, ETHOXYLATED MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, AZODICARBONAMIDE), CULTURED WHEAT FLOUR, GUAR GUM, VINEGAR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, SOYBEAN OIL, MOLASSES, YEAST FOOD (AMMONIUM SULFATE), MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, SOY LECITHIN, CALCIUM SULFATE, NIACIN, IRON (FERROUS SULFATE), THIAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID, SOY FLOUR

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Holy crap, I can't believe that bread has less ingredients than another brand!

Well, the first ingredient is water which explains the lack of calories. I think I'd rather actually pay for bread than water, gums and conditioners masquerading as bread.