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Originally Posted by Evermont

I looked up Milton's (here) It says: ingredients: whole wheat flour, water, vital wheat gluten, brown sugar, degermed yellow corn grits, oat groats, yeast, wheat bran, rolled oats. contains 2% or less of the following ingredients: flaxseed, honey, bleached oat fiber, calcium sulfate, salt, buttermilk, cracked wheat, distilled vinegar, malted barley flour, ascorbic acid, enzymes, ferrous sulfate, wheat starch, cultured wheat flour, soy flour.

The "Whole Grains" are, primarily wheat grains! (The first ingredient listed)

I'm not saying that this is not a good recommendation, but brown sugar (4th ingredient by weight, 3rd if you ignore water) and honey are nutritionally basically equal to sugar especially once cooked.

This business of understanding labels and nutrition can be tricky. This product has 32 grams of carbs in 2 slices. Minus 10 grams of fiber still 22 carbs 6 of which are sugar.

Oh, and let's not get too excited about omega-3's in the flax - cooking destroys the omega-3's too.

I'm not trying to rain on the parade here - just callin' 'em as I see 'em. I'm actually holding back on the really bad news. Ask if interested.

Thanks for the info! I know that whole grain is also "wheat" but grain bread and wheat bread around here are two totally different types/flavors/textures!!! And the Miltons I use, from costco is 18g net for two slices... so it must be a different one than you looked up. They do have several types. Yes, it tastes a bit like bark... but it works. I was referring to "wheat" bread, as the soft, brown, fluffy sugary bread I see in stores... grain is less fluffy, less sugary, and less soft, but not too bad. I probably should have cautioned to CHECK THE CARB CONTENT rather than referring to the type, which I suppose may be different to individuals and regions.