For many French people, breakfast is a very serious matter. And to satisfy everyone’s tastes and desires, there are multiple choices. Cereals, rusks, spreads… The sections of our supermarkets dedicated to morning snacks know how to please as many people as possible. But if there is one food that appeals to a majority of the population, it is sandwich bread. Practical to eat and tasty when spread with a little jam, this soft bread is however not the ideal choice for our health.
Sliced bread for breakfast: a bad idea?
Indeed, eaten in the morning, sandwich bread exposes you to the risk of feeling a little peckish before lunch. Nutritionist Raphaël Gruman also reveals that without fiber,
“There is nothing that will slow down the passage of sugar into the blood. You are going to do hyperglycemia, and behind it hypoglycemia which will push you to re-consume food”.
According to the healthcare professional, choosing a bread containing fiber East more interesting
: “This passage of sugar into the blood will be much slower and therefore you will be less hungry”. However, with all the choices available to us during our shopping, it is difficult to navigate.
Several dozen references scrutinized by experts from 60 million consumers
It is with this in mind that 60 million consumers carried out a survey on sandwich bread, like the one carried out on supermarket baguettes. The magazine, used to alerting the French and advising them on everyday products, thus tested 65 sandwich bread references available on supermarket shelves but also sold in bakeries.
The observation is clear. “More than half of them would present pesticide residuessay the experts. Likewise, the study carried out by 60 million consumers highlighted controversial substances such as mycotoxins, additives and even pesticide residues.
Four references of sandwich bread to avoid
If sandwich bread is not really the best food to eat for breakfast, the experts still wanted to enlighten people who eat this type of bread in the best possible way. Thus, we learn that plain sandwich breads from the Carrefour, Intermarché and Auchan brands have the worst compositions. More precisely the extra-soft Golden Ear, Extra soft Chabriorbread Auchan extra-soft as well as the
Carrefour longue conservation.
For his part, nutritionist doctor Jean-Michel Cohen shared in his book The buying guide to eating well
the reference of sandwich bread that he recommends. And it is neither more nor less than the one Jacquet brand wheat and chickpea flour. “It’s a very nice product because by mixing wheat and chickpeas, we obtain a very good quality protein, close to that of animal proteins. In addition, the addition of chickpeas lowers the glycemic index” explains the professional.
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