I was reading some reactions to American foods from non-Americans and the most common thing they mentioned was how sweet our bread is. I didn't realize our bread was sweet at all? Is there some sort of misconception or misunderstanding about generic American bread or am I just so used to it I don't taste any sweetness?
>>7193588
you're probably used to it. some bread has over a teaspoon of sugar per slice. after a while of making my own bread, i used storebought bread to make a sandwich and bought a premade sandwich on separate occasions. i was feeling nauseous near the last bites of each because of how much sugar was in the bread. and these were whole wheat breads trying to masquerade as being healthy.
>>7193588
White bread seems pretty sweet. Wheat and sourdough, not so much. But there is sugar. Just read the ingredients.
>>7193607
This, you're just used to it. Typical US bread has just enough sugar to give a 'pleasant' mouthfeel, but not enough to register as sweet unless you're used to bread that has less, or paying very close attention.
>>7193607
1 teaspoon (4 grams) is probably twice what most white breads have per slice.
Even so, it really isn't THAT much sugar when compared to a can of soda.
Japanese bread is really sweet too, a lot sweeter than American bread
>>7193638
>1 teaspoon (4 grams) is probably twice what most white breads have per slice.
It is. This is from Wonderbread. 2g per. slice.
Non-American here.
Your bread /is/ sweet, yes, but not overly so. It's perfectly fine in that regard, I think. What I dislike most about it is how soft it is. Its texture is what reminds me of cake, not its slight sweetness.
That said, I like your soft-throughout bread for certain things and our crunchy crust with a holey-and-springy crumb bread for others. Each is a perfectly apt style of bread-making, just that I usually prefer mine over yours but I can't be sure if this is genuine preference or evidence of cultural chauvinism on my part.
Pitta/khubz arabiy is fucking horrible, dry shit, though. I think we can all agree on that, Greeks and Mohammedans be damned.
>>7193642
...on the flip side, this is the information for a sliced white bread from the UK (Warburtons). Which has less than half the sugar.
>bought american style toast from Lidl for the first time
>noticed that it was actually sweeter than normal toast
>these days used to it despite only buying it occasionally
>>7193642
That means one 12 oz can of Pepsi = 20 slices of bread.
>>7193638
this is why i said "some bread has over a teaspoon of sugar" not "all bread has over a teaspoon of sugar"
what does it matter that soda has a lot more sugar? it's still a lot of sugar for a slice of bread.
>>7193647
A slice white 'wonder' type bread is usually no more than 25-30g, so the 40g bread doesn't have "less than half the sugar".
>>7193588
Yes, our bread is sweet. I kind of hate it.
It's only grocery store pre-sliced bread, though
>>7193658
According to http://www.foodfacts.com/ci/nutritionfacts/Bread-and-Flour-Products/Wonder-Classic-White-Bread--oz/30443 a loaf is 24oz with 26 slices per. loaf. Converted to grams that about 26g per. slice.
Oh dear.
So that's 2g in a 26g slice (USA: Wonder Bread) compared to 0.9g per. 40g slice. Ouch.
A slice of bread has less sugar than a bowl of Cheerios.
>>7193683
A loaf of bread has less sugar than a bowl of sugar.
>>7193588
Just look at the ingredients...95% of brands have sugar added for no reason.
Sliced american bread also has that off-putting silky-soft unnatural texture.
>>7193683
Not according to http://www.generalmills.com/en/Brands/Cereals/cheerios/brand-product-list
>Serving Size: 1cup (26g)
>Sugars: 1g
>>7193690
ikr. it's so off-putting that no bread company ever turns a profit because no ones buys their bread. it just sits on the shelf at the store and then gets thrown away.
>>7193666
>Wonderbread is 30g per slice and has 2g of sugar
>2/30 = 0.0666g of sugar per gram of bread
>Warburton is 40g per slice and has 0.9g of sugar
>0.9/40 = 0.0225g of sugar per gram of bread
>>7193692
I said a BOWL, not a serving that suitable for a baby.
amerifats can't eat food that has no (or low level of) sugar
they can't even consume pure water so they change it with disgusting soda
truly the msot disgusting nation on earth
>>7193697
>Im comparing a serving of bread suitable for a baby to a serving of Cheerios that could feed a horse
>>7193666
You're very, very bad at maths.
>>7193674
We'll assume that site is correct.
2g sugar per 26g slice ≈ 7.69% sugar, by weight compared to >>7193647's 2.2% sugar, by weight. This means that Wonderbread has around 3.5× more sugar than >>7193647's example. In absolutes, that's an additional 2tbsp or so of sugar per, to make it easier for the Amerifriends, pound of baked bread.
So as I said in >>7193644, while Ameribread is a little sweeter, it's not to the disturbing degree some people make it out to be.
>>7193697
Well "a BOWL" isn't a standard we can measure by, is it?
The fact remains that 1 "serving" of Cheerios (26g) has 1g of sugar, compared to 2g of sugar in 1 "serving" of Wonder Bread. So your chosen cereal literally has has as much sugar in it than bread.
> Wonderbread has more sugar than a baguette
Well no fucking shit.
>>7193714
I'm not sure; I assume if I took a slice of Warburton's and sprinkled on just over 2g of sugar and ate it, I might notice.
>>7193731
If would barely notice eating a half teaspoon of sugar (2g) by itself, nevermind sprinkling it on bread. It's a tiny amount. When I get hiccups, I have to eat a least a tablespoon to get rid of them.
>>7193737
US = wonderbread
everywhere else = bag of dicks
>>7193647
And let's not forget that even Warburton's (probably the best of the general-use white breads in the UK, unfortunately owned by Tory donaters but what can you do) is Chorleywood process bread - you know, lots of yeast, salt, calcium propionate, so the dough doesn't have to proof. It's not even "proper" bread (which is partially a good thing, proper bread needs to be fresh-baked every day or goes stale very fast).
>>7193640
American bread is sweet. American cheese* is floppy. And American chocolate kind of tastes like oil.
And yes, Japanese bread is really sweet, but that's what they want from their 'pan': they've got their staple in rice, so they're thinking a bit more... puddingy for their bread.
* When we say "American cheese", we mean Kraft singles. When we say "American beer", we probably mean Coors or Budweiser (as opposed to, say, Budvar). We know that there are a few good American cheeses, and quite a few good American beers, but they're not mass-market/mass-production: which is what America is known for, quantity over quality. Your food is also much cheaper...
>>7193741
>eating a tablespoon of sugar to get rid of hiccups
dude
>>7193751
What? That's only 6 slices of bread.
>>7193741
>[I] would barely notice eating a half teaspoon of sugar (2g) by itself
Uh...huh. Okay. I know I would, then.
>>7193759
Oh wait, I meant 12 slices.
Or just one slice of french toast.
>>7193731
I'm not sure that's a good analogy. Let me explain why:
I think the whole "sugar in dough" thing is done in the US because a lot of things they bake is done in less time than what we bake. For me to bake a loaf bread at home takes me at least eight hours compared to several USican bread recipes that take only one or two.
The sugar is added to feed the yeast so as to get it as active as possible in as short a time as possible. Due to the way yeasts and sugars work, the 5.49g more sugar per 100g of baked Wonderbread v Warburton's isn't as noticeable as sprinkling a half teaspoon of sugar onto a slice of Warburton's, dig?
Now I'm not saying it's not noticeable. It is. I've said as much a few times. Just that it's not to as great a degree as others make it out to be.
>>7193588
American everything has more sugar in it compared to European versions, though the sugar lobby is sweetening Euro supermarket foods as well.
It's a shame, I had to switch from my favourite brand of pasta sauce since they upped the sugar content like 200% and sickly sweet tomato sauce is fucking awful.
Why can't bread just use aspartame?
>>7193769
>a lot of things they bake is done in less time than what we bake
The US tends to use Continues Mixing, but the UK uses Chorleywood. I don't know what that does the dough mixing & baking times.
I think the more simple answer is that Americans are more used to sugar in their food.
>>7193774
Yeast can't use aspartame as an energy source..
>>7193790
So what? The yeast can eat the sugar in the flour.
I'm american and I can't eat the kind of bread you buy in a plastic bag. even the smell makes me feel sick. corn syrup aside why the heck does it have vinegar in it?
>>7193588
I'm Irish but I lived in Ohio for a few months. I had serious difficulty eating white bread, at least the prepackaged sliced pan type stuff.
I also found a lot of the food that I bought incredibly salty. I even threw up from it on my first night there, though that might be because I bought a Baconator in Wendy's at the airport.
>>7193748
Every country has their own mass-produced foods so no, America is not known for that.
>>7193751
Ikr? Medically, anal stimulation is proven to be more effective at stopping hiccups than consuming honey or sugar sublingually
>our bread
Which bread? Just the white bread? Surely we have other breads.
>>7193588
Sugar increases shelf-life.
>>7193588
I removed most grains and sweets from my diet about six months ago. This week, I bought a loaf of white bread (Nichol's brand) for some low calorie sandwiches.
Every bite is like goddamn pound cake. I recommend doing this yourself - you'll realize how much fucking sugar is in everything we eat.
>>7194509
i switched to low-sugar yogurt and it's the same way for me.
>>7194509
I like telling fictions to the internet, too. By the way, I'm the youngest one-legged queen of Gondwanaland ever.
>>7194520
>i like eating sugary bread and you can't make me feel bad about it lalalalala
>>7194525
I don't, actually. I went 20something years of my life never tasting American bread then, finally, had some in America. I noted only a slight sweetness and nothing more than that. I didn't like how soft it was, though. Texture like cake, but very bland taste.
Our bread is just flour, water, yeast/sourdough starter and salt. I would think 20something years eating that sort of bread before trying American bread trumps your six months, Mr. Storyteller.
>>7194555
there are multiple varieties of bread in america, some with more sugar and some with less. it's possible that anon had a variety of bread with a lot of sugar in it.
>i've eaten bread for 20 years
cool
>>7194565
I don't think that's the case.
>>7194571
awesome
>>7193588
American food is massively bulked out with salt and sugar, you have eaten it your entire life so obviously it just tastes "normal" to you.
It's why every time you go on a review site the reviews calling food bland are always from Americans.
I live in Germany and grew up eating mostly pic related with maybe the occasional piece of toast on weekends.
American white bread is definitely way sweeter than any bread I've ever had. Even the whitest, most processed pre-sliced bread you can find at a German supermarket doesn't come close. When I first tried it I thought it was closer to cake than bread.
The fact that you could sit on it or squish it into a ball and have it retain it's shape also freaked me out. That, and the seemingly infinite shelf life. Shit never went stale.
I still have some whenever I'm in the US or Canada, though. It's great for french toast.
>>7193588
Br3ad
>>7194581
but 2/3rds of america is terrible flyover land where tabasco sauce is considered too adventurous for the average person.
>>7195193
>sucking up to Europeans
Disgusting
>>7195216
What else can you expect from someone who unironically uses the term "flyover"? He's either from California or Jew York. Both places packed to the brim with treasonous faggots who would love to see America become the socialist "paradise" that the UK and surrounding countries are.
>>7193588
You're just used to it
Could be worse though, at least it's not flip bread
Best american bread brands for eurofags staying with me?
>>7196800
>brands
A local bakery, numbnuts
>>7196800
The cheapest shit you can find in the supermarket.
>>7196800
Just buy them a baguette from the supermarket so they don't get asshurt
>>7193629
>mouthfeel
>>7193588
Dunno but when I was in America what staggered me was the amount of just plain, cheap toast bread.
Like...I am not sure I saw anything else.
>>7196952
we have bakeries....and even grocery stores have bakeries...
>>7196820
Mouthfeel it's a professional word you faggot.
>>7199173
It's still a stupid word, you professional faggot.
>>7199173
It is, but the only aspect of mouthfeel that sugar contributes to is the taste.
>>7193774
ew.
