Helen's bread

[urbangirl]

Until recently I've occasionally purchased Helen's seeded bread mix from Waitrose but now find it is unavailable and her online delivery service is closed down. I thought this product was the best I'd ever found, tasty, economical and easy to make so I am disappointed this bread mix has now disappeared. Anybody got any ideas where to purchase this from or know of any accessible alternatives please?

[Carolltil]

Ocado still has it in stock and they show the contact details for the manufacturer as well

ocado.com/webshop/product/H...

[urbangirl in reply to Carolltil]

Thank you! I will be on to this. Someone else messaged me with this info too.

[Hil101]

I buy a fantastic loaf from waitrose and ocado which is the only one which doesn't irritate my coeliac digestive system. As an added bonus, it is good just toasted with butter. A cousin of mine who's a nutrition expert looked at the label and said it's really good. It's BFree brown seeded loaf. I also had the Helen's mix and found it tasty but a bit stomach-upsetting. Hope this helps

[urbangirl in reply to Hil101]

Thank you Hil101. It looks really good but unfortunately it contains maize and buckwheat which I can't eat. It's often the case for me that GF products contain maize or buckwheat.

[ValW in reply to urbangirl]

I can't have maize either so was thrilled that I might have found a bread I can eat but looking at the ingredients, it lists corn flour as the first ingredient.

[urbangirl in reply to ValW]

Yes it does - oddly enough I don't have a problem with cornflour. I use it for sauces but in very small amounts and I suspect the quantity I eat in the bread is minimal too as I don't have any reaction and I don't eat tons at a time. When I was ill last year I had to take paracetamol regularly and I got really bad stomach cramps and heartburn. I discovered that the tablets were coated in maize. I think it was the amount and regularity that gave me the problems. I had surgery in the summer and the hospital pharmacist gave me dissolvable paracetamol.

Occasionally I have treated myself to M & S superseeded sandwich thins which are quite nice but pricey. I don't think there is any cornflour in these but of course as I say expensive.

[ValW in reply to urbangirl]

Maize & corn is the same thing though?

[urbangirl in reply to ValW]

I know that is why it is odd. I cannot eat polenta which is disappointing as I love it! The gastro did a blood test to see if I did have a maize allergy and he warned me it would probably be negative (I've forgotten why) and it was negative. I suspect I can eat cornflour as it is in very small quantities which is completely different to wheat ingestion, as if I have the least crumb I will react violently. I really can't explain it.

[ValW in reply to urbangirl]

It's a strange thing isn't it?! I can't have egg at all now but to start with I was alright with it in cakes & bread but not as boiled, scrambled etc then it started to affect me all the time.

[JaneyD]

I agree! This is a blow. Still have a packet left and they have a website: foodbyhelen.com. I’m going to make contact and see if they can send me a few packets. By the way-have you tried adding a few walnuts to the mix-delicious! Good luck.

[urbangirl in reply to JaneyD]

Likewise - just one packet left and annoyingly shared the previous one with my non-GF friends! I am going to try to source some more of this bread mix. When I do will try adding walnuts - what a good idea. Let me know if you are successful in a purchase.