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Whole wheat bread - where can we get it?

Anyone one know where you can get some tasty and healthy whole wheat bread like you get in the States? As in Whole-wheat bread made from the entire wheat kernel, including bran and germ such as Pepperidge Farm or the other dozen tasty brands the U.S. makes

In reality it's hard to find whole wheat bread in Colombia. What they call INTEGRAL is just dressed up white bread.

Integral is nothing more than ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR which is not whole wheat.

Just look at the ingredients on the packets. Or ask the baker who will tell you it's processed flour. They leave out the seeds and color the bread with panela or other food coloring.

And I'f I'm lucky to find a real whole wheat bread it's as hard as a plank of wood and tastes like it too.

Nothing like the bread you get in the states.

The bakeries will have some whole grain alternatives but look closely at the ingredients and it's all enriched wheat flour with just some grains or seeds sprinkled on. Quinua or Flax seeds sprinkled on top decoratively. It's still really white bread under a new name.

They are not using whole wheat flour. They are using Harina de Trigo enriquecido.

It would have to be Harina Integral Entero to be considered WHOLE WHEAT.

There's a jewish brand of bread in Exito and Carulla found at the bakery and not in the aisles. No sugar, no additives. But again it's not 100% whole wheat flour. It's enriched flour. bleach it and it would be white bread, and yet they call it integral.

Also can't get any Whole wheat tortillas here either. Bimbo Integral is not whole wheat.

Bimbo Bread is the only real packaged sliced bread in Colombia that is edible. And it sucks. An American bread company in Bogota is desperately needed.

People would go apeshit over American bread.

Just look at how they buy up that Bimbo crap that sprouts funky green phsychodelic fungus two days after its purchased. American bread lasts at least two weeks before going martian.

I'm tired of having to bring over loaves of bread from Publix in Miami and freezing it. Wish I could get some good and tasty alternatives here. If anyone knows a few decent places and other decent brands of genuine whole wheat bread to try please post your reviews.

By ujay on Mar 9, 2007, 04:30 in Friendly Talkzone.

arthur brode says on Mar 9, 2007, 05:52:

i just bought some yesterday in panaderia "El Molino" .

http://www.calirentals.net/

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Gator says on Mar 9, 2007, 07:02:

Just About Every Panaderia... we have visited has whole wheat bread that the wife and I find is better tasting than most sold in the USA. We particularly like the one from the panaderia at the Carulla's around the corner from our apartmento. Surprisingly the best we ever found was from a little panaderia in Popoyan.

Most Colombians really like their bread and not the "Gringo" brands.

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ujay says on Mar 9, 2007, 11:04:

No way is the bread better than in the U.S.A or Europe.

I put a packet of pepperridge farm or bread from somewher else on the table, and Colombians love the stuff. They have never had it before. They don't know what bread is. Go to a hot climate town and tierra caliente place and they make the worst generic bread there is. The people suffer. And end up eating thier eggs with friggin calaos because the bread sucks. Tasteless. Hard. The problem is they have no American bread to try and compare. They prefer their own bread? Who says so? How do you draw that conclusion? All they know is what's available on the rack and it's all generic white bread and fake Integral bread with enriched flour or that bimbo bread. Bimbo bread is the only bread that's actually soft.

It's the best selling bread in Colombia. The rest are kind of hard and variety is scarce. The other thing is most people don't eat whole wheat bread anyhow. And those who look for integral are mostly diabetics. Here they love white processed bread, baguettes and white buns, french bread. But I'm talking about healthy whole wheat bread and some places you can get the stuff.

Where's the MOLINO panaderia?

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juanalejo says on Mar 9, 2007, 11:23:

tinto Castellana 104 on 19th Avenue and 104th street.

Ujay, you need to get out and try good bread, Bimbo for goodness sake that is factory made bread. Plenty of fantastic bakeries out there. The best supermarket bread is definitely Carrefour, but then again the French know how to make real bread.

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juanalejo says on Mar 9, 2007, 11:36:

Jacques There is also a fantastic French Bakery on 109 one block east of 19th avenue, goes by the name of Jacques who is the French owner.

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Desideria (Moderator) says on Mar 9, 2007, 12:09:

I've never ever found any half-way decent bread in Cali, not in Carrefour nor Carulla, not in any bakery, nowhere. Just "Integral" that is just unbleached wheat, some with a very small amount of whole grain but nothing that's comparable with the bread here where I live. To be fair, I don't like Italian or Spanish breads either and Colombian bread is part of that Mediterranean tradition of white, tasteless bread.

Cheers,
Desi

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webmanco says on Mar 9, 2007, 12:28:

In surtifruver, Bogotá They got 7 grains bread. There is also a kind of home made french Bakery in Chapinero, by Carrera 7ma and 64th

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webmanco says on Mar 9, 2007, 14:11:

Quinua They got a good selection on fruits both national and imported. About 7 Surtifruvers in Bogotá.

They do not had a bakery per set but that bread they distribute is good. In healthy terms.

One of the grains is Quinua.

Organic Quinua is a powerful grain that comes from the South American Andes. It has been used since approximately 3000 BC. The Incas, Mayas Aztecs, and Muiscas called Quinua "the mother grain", and it was revered by them as a secret plant. Now, it is recognized globally by scientists, farmers and nutritionists. It is called the twenty-first century's "Super Grain" because it is the most complete natural food in existence

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Desideria (Moderator) says on Mar 9, 2007, 14:52:

Yeah, I've got that stuff in my cupboard and it tastes fine, but no big deal. It's supposed to have a great nutritional value with plenty of high-quality protein. BTW it's spelled quinoa here and used mainly in baby food for the bland taste and consistence.

Cheers,
Desi

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they are free." —Johann Wolfgang van Goethe

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tejasmarcos says on Mar 9, 2007, 17:38:

medellin bread is weak as well. none of it seems to be fresh. some of you entrpreneurs out there need to start up a "fresh bread" alternative. the price of the bread here is not that great either.

* how about sandwich meat and cheese. same problem as the bread. it sux.

* peanut butter - expensive as hell..........

trying to walk a straight line on sour mash and cheap wine...

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Lisa Zee says on Mar 9, 2007, 18:11:

Coman AREPAS! We had no problem finding wonderful bread, and I don't eat white bread. Carrefur and Exito had this almond shape small bagets, pan integral and had nuts in it!!!! oh yummy, I can't wait to go back and eat some.
And there are arepas. If you are in Colombia eat AREPAS!!!! I would pay anything for 'una arepa de maiz con quesito', here in California!, like the ones you buy on the old road to San jeronimo, or Las Palmas.

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Tinto (Moderator) says on Mar 9, 2007, 18:16:

Do peanuts grow in Colombia? Does the average Colombian even like peanut butter? I thought I read on this site that peanut butter to Colombians is like Vegemite to everyone but Australians - icky foreign food!

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morphus says on Mar 10, 2007, 08:24:

I prefer liquid bread(beer):)

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Azul says on Mar 10, 2007, 08:36:

Guinness makes a nice meal!

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webmanco says on Mar 10, 2007, 12:07:

Ujay "They don't know what bread is."
For my personal test eggs, are better with AREPA, and if they are huevos pericos, even better.

Who needs to know what bread is when we got all kind of "AREPAS". Am I being closed minded here?
Could agree not more Lisa Zee.

And now you got arepa de yuca and arepa de arroz.

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Lisa Zee says on Mar 10, 2007, 16:50:

AREPAS Arepa Paisa, Bogotana(with cheeze inside), Costena,(arepa de huevo),arepa de chocolo with quesito, arepa de pelao, arepa de chcolo morado!. You can buy them at the markets and warm them on the stove.
When I was growing up the maid will wake me up with a tump,tump noise, braking the corns in "UN PILON". There is NOTHING better than an original arepa. I know it is difficult to explain, the real Colombians will know what I am talking about.

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