Type of bread!?

[Alexa445]

Hello!What kind of bread are you guys using?I can't find low sodium one🙄..from where do yoj buy it and how much(slices) you eat per day??thanks a lot

[Sew_creative]

Hi I have found that for my husband we moved to wholemeal but I have since discovered that warburton Danish is lower sodium than wholemeal. I am not quite so strict on slices but try to do it that if he has bread for toast for breakfast 2 pieces he doesn't have bread at lunch but it doesn't always work.

[Qualipop in reply to Sew_creative]

Oh that's handy to know. That's what I get just because I like it. Didn't know it was lower sodium. Thanks.

[Sunnie2day]

I make my own. When I lived in the US I discovered low-sodium bread is horrid, and since retiring home to the UK in 2010 I've not seen low-sodium bread at all.

So I made quite a few loaf fails then finally managed to make my own low-sodium bread that actually tastes like bread. It takes practice, lots and lots of practice. I'd offer you my recipe but I use a basic Betty Crocker bread recipe and just cut the salt to near nothing, so any bread recipe will work, you just cut the salt. Flour has salt in it but if you read the labels you can find a good flour with less sodium - between adjusting the recipe and using the lowest sodium flour you can find, a decent loaf of low-sodium is possible.

But not in a bread maker. I gave mine away - nothing I made to be low-sodium worked in the bread maker. Nothing. The only way I've found to get a passable loaf is by hand, the old fashioned way.

[Maisie2014]

Hi Alexa. I make my own in a Panasonic breadmaker now. My arthritis prevents me from making it myself but there are lots of programs and some are more successful than others.

[Sunnie2day in reply to Maisie2014]

Hiya, Maisie, hope all is well at your house!

Do you make low-sodium bread in your Panasonic? Mine was a basic Sunbeam and I never could get a decent loaf of low-sodium bread from it. Maybe I need to buy a Panasonic.

[Alexa445]

Are you guys using whole grain flour?or normal one?

[Sunnie2day in reply to Alexa445]

I use gluten-free 'regular' white and brown bread flours - my husband has coeliac and I'm low sodium. Every now and again I do bake a Sunnie-Only loaf of whole-wheat. All three flours work well with adjusting the sodium level.

Forgot to mention last night I bake small loaves to use up in no more than two days - lower sodium means short shelf life.

[Maisie2014]

I haven’t tried the low sodium but I make it with less salt. I must admit this is my third breadmaker as the other two were no good for me. The first was a kenwood mini, the second a Lakeland mini (which wasn’t as bad). I used to make my own all the time but decided to invest in a Panasonic and use my own recipes as well as the machine’s recipes with a lot of success.

[Sunnie2day in reply to Maisie2014]

You're not the first person I've heard say that. I've been thinking about a Lakeland but everyone says the Panasonic is better enough to justify the cost.

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I make my own using a breadmaker - I don't use salt, so zero sodium. I add rye, oatbran etc, there are many different recipes for bread. A back of the envelope calculation suggests this saves me from consuming almost 1kg of salt per year.

[Geoff51 Heart Star]

As a retired baker I can assure you that all bread is good for you, even white sliced! the more of the grain that is used in the flour the better it is for you but even I prefer white bread. The problem at present is availability of retail packs of any bread flour or premixes, so if you can get it use it but if not get the best quality bread available, it may cost a little more but the ingredients quality is better. Panasonic breadmakers are excellent, I bought myself one when i retired after 50 years in the bakery trade as you can see by my Avatar,

[Alexa445 in reply to Geoff51]

Hei Geoff.Do you eat it every day?my boyfriend can't eat any food without bread🙄🙄..i made one by myself today but white one without salt,because i didnt find whole grain flour😕.Thank you

[Maisie2014]

I use white strong, whole meal, rye and malt house flours with success with all of them. My favourite is campagne recipe using rye, white and sourdough starter that a made.

[RoyM]

Make your own, I use the old fashioned method mix and kneed the bread...good exercise too lol.

I use strong wholemeal flour a little salt and instant yeast... sometimes I will add an egg or a little Feta cheese or Stilton.

Making myself hungry now lol. Cheers Roy

[Qualipop]

You could always try Irish soda bread ( No yeast) and just not put salt in. Try just one loaf to see how it works. YOu could add other flavourings to make up for it.

[benjijen]

I rarely eat bread but if you really need it then have a go at making your own, you can then control what goes into it.

[gladliz]

Panasonic bread maker every time. I am on my second one, first lasted over 10 years.

I Only replaced it because the ceramic clip holding the element in place broke and nobody made spares. This seemed to cause problems with rising etc and was going to buy a new one when I spotted an identical one in our local hospice charity shop for £15. You could tell it had probably only been used once or twice at most.

Best buy of the year, but now it is almost impossible to get bread mixes or flour at local Sainsbury's and don't want to travel further to other Stores. Fresh yeast is almost impossible to find as well.

Why has every body started baking etc, bread is not in short supply and half of them have probably never baked before in their lives and never will again once this is over.

Rant over, just annoyed because I can't get any.

[Maisie2014]

I gave up trying to get bread flour from shopping that people were doing for me and Sainsbury’s so I went on amazon and ordered a 16 kg bag. It wasn’t expensive and came fairly quickly. When my neighbour said he couldn’t get any bread I baked him some so I’m sure I’ll be able to use it.