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Nutrition Nugget: Hero Bread
Nutrition Nugget! Bite-sized bonus episodes offer tips, tricks and approachable science. This week, Jenn is talking about Hero Bread, a brand claiming to revolutionize our favorite carb-heavy foods with healthier, low-carb alternatives. Is their seeded bread truly a nutritional hero, or just clever marketing? Jenn dives into the ingredients, nutrition facts, and the brand’s mission to uncover if it lives up to the hype. Could this bread be a game-changer for your sandwich game, or is there a catch? Tune in to find out what surprising details Jenn reveals about this trendy bread! Like what you're hearing? Be sure to check out the full-length episodes of new releases every Wednesday. Have an idea for a nutrition nugget? Submit it here: https://asaladwithasideoffries.com/index.php/contact/
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[00:00:26] I learned about this brand from, they were actually advertising on podcasts that I listened to, and I made a note and I was like, all right. Let's see what they've got. Are they really a hero? So they have breads and bagels, biscuits, rolls, tortillas. Frankly, all things bread. And I may be missing a couple, but you get the idea of what they offer.
[:[00:01:15] So their site says. Why Hero bread? Then it has icons for zero to five grams of net carbs, more protein, high fiber, zero grams of sugar, fewer calories, and then to their credit, they say in slightly fine print per serving. Comparisons are to leading grocery store brands, see nutrition information for fat and sodium content, and then it says, excludes croissants, croissant rolls, pock lot, and cheddar biscuits.
[:[00:02:11] Right. So I appreciate that they're just laying it out there and I don't know, people probably don't read all of that, just me, but it's there nonetheless. Right. Okay. Their mission, they say our mission is simple. Carb heavy foods are often the ones we love most, but are the worst for our health. We're here to make those same delicious products, free of consequences or compromises.
[:[00:03:06] It started with a muffin, and then they go on to tell the founder's story of having severe food allergies. Like all through his life. And then in 2017 he cut out carbs to be healthier, but then couldn't find low carb options that he wasn't allergic to because of all the other stuff that those products tend to add in.
[:[00:03:47] Phillip Pape: Yeah. I actually like this one. As far as processed foods go.
[:[00:04:13] I didn't grow up eating white bread. Philip, are you a white bread guy?
[:[00:04:22] Jenn Trepeck: Yeah. Alright, well I went with the seeded bread because you know that's what I It party nice and party right.
[:[00:04:27] Phillip Pape: good french toast.
[:[00:04:47] Okay, cool. Again, not massive claims. Some of this is probably up to you and your taste buds if you agree, but here we go. They have a graphic that compares the net carb, sugar, calories, [00:05:00] protein, and fiber to top selling seeded bread. I've no idea which one that is. And what we really wanna know is what's in this bread.
[:[00:05:33] I feel like once it's frozen, it's only ever being toasted.
[:[00:05:40] Jenn Trepeck: Yeah. I don't know.
[:[00:05:46] Jenn Trepeck: right? That I mean the way
[:[00:05:49] Jenn Trepeck: Right? Yeah, yeah.
[:[00:06:11] So before we get to the ingredients, everything works with our old friend, the rule of fives, right? For reading labels. So by the way, you can go back to any of our episodes. I'm reading labels for that rule of five, but we have less than five grams of fat. More than five grams of five. More than five grams of protein, and single digit net carbs.
[:[00:06:50] Phillip Pape: Oh yeah. You gotta double it. Because you don't have a sandwich,
[:[00:06:53] And we know that with food labels, one plus one can equal three because of how they're allowed to [00:07:00] round. And then when you look at that fiber, we're talking like 24 grams of fiber. So that's for the average person. That's almost three times what the average person in America eats in a day for fiber. I know you, my friend, are not average, but still.
[:[00:07:24] Phillip Pape: Yeah. It's like your whole for female guidelines of like trying to get 20 or 25 a day at least. It's the whole thing.
[:[00:07:46] In that span of time,
[:[00:07:51] Jenn Trepeck: Yeah. Okay, so perfect brings us to the ingredients. Water resistant wheat starch, wheat protein [00:08:00] yeast, wheat bran. Olive oil contains less than 2% of wheat germ inulin vinegar, salt, fava bean protein raisin juice, concentrate, flax seeds, sunflower seed kernels, millet, pumpkin seeds, Gugu milled flaxseed, sunflower lecithin as soic acid cultured wheat flour, wheat flour, natural flavors, and enzymes.
[:[00:08:44] Phillip Pape: Okay. Yeah. Resistant starch. That's a good one actually. I mean, that's like, I know potatoes, you know. Yeah, I could see that being fairly easy on the stomach for a lot of people, you know?
[:[00:09:01] Phillip Pape: Yeah.
[:[00:09:09] Phillip Pape: This is a lot like, okay, so this sounds a lot like other breads, like old Smiths or old time, whatever it's called, that I've seen in my local grocery store. Yeah. And I've recommended those types of breads to clients and fat loss, especially,
[:[00:09:25] Giant red flags in here.
[:[00:09:39] Who knows? That says now. Yes. So they called out now with olive
[:[00:10:01] But this olive oil of like the light yellow flag is this to me and for everybody, you can go back to our nutrition nugget on olive oil, right? We know the not all olive oil is the same. And when heated too high past the smoke point, we can damage the healthful properties of the oil. So my question is what type of olive oil are they using?
[:[00:10:53] And that's not the same health benefits.
[:[00:11:06] Jenn Trepeck: Pretty tiny,
[:[00:11:07] Jenn Trepeck: it was right. And the total amount of fat, I think was like couple s, two and a half grams of fat.
[:[00:11:30] Phillip Pape: I think so too. It's a simple ingredient list as far as processed food goes even, especially when compared to bread in general,
[:[00:11:37] Phillip Pape: It has a nice ratio of the fiber and protein and calories, which is a great tool when you're trying to control your appetite and eat during fat loss. And who doesn't love sandwiches? Let me tell you. I, I cook chicken thighs. I'll slap up one chicken thigh on a sandwich, put some mustard, and you're good to go.
[:[00:12:08] Phillip Pape: I think so. Least it's definitely not a zero.
[:[00:12:14] I mean, we,
[:[00:12:19] Jenn Trepeck: Yeah. Was it. There was wheat germ
[:[00:12:25] Jenn Trepeck: I think early on you mentioned it. Wheat bran. Wheat protein.
[:[00:12:30] Phillip Pape: Yeah. Yeah,
[:[00:12:33] Phillip Pape: I like it too.
[:[00:12:48] Truly makes my day every time. It's also the easiest way about learning more and to work with me as your health coach. Philip Pap, thank you again for joining us,
[:[00:12:59] Jenn Trepeck: [00:13:00] Appreciate you and friends. If you are not already join the Happy Healthy Hub, you'll go to a salad with the side of fries.com/membership.
[:[00:13:23] No gold medal required. Well, friends, that's it for today's episode of Salad with a Side of Fries. Congratulations for making yourself and your health a priority. Thanks so much for joining us. Be sure to click subscribe or follow on your favorite podcast platform. Share us with a friend and we'll be back next week.
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