Bread for a Healthy Life

Whatever your age or the demands of your lifestyle, bread is a healthy choice- and it has an important role to play in a healthy, balanced diet. Our Healthy Harvest range contains fibre and is a white loaf with the added benefits of wholemeal.

Pre-school

Kids use more energy for their size than adults do because they are very active and growing rapidly.

The complex carbohydrates in bread provide sustained energy. 

White bread is fortified with calcium. Wholemeal bread contains fibre.

If appetites are smaller, make sure the bread or sandwiches are the right size for little hands, and using cutters for interesting shapes can make mealtimes fun. Our Milk Roll can help you to make tasty and nutritious round sandwiches. Our Healthy Harvest range contains fibre and is a white loaf with the added benefits of wholemeal

Sandwiches make a delicious snack as do fruit loaves, fruity teacakes and crumpets.

Click here for some great recipe ideas!

Schoolchildren

Many school kids prefer white bread to brown or wholemeal - it may have less fibre but is still an valuable source of the carbohydrates, protein and calcium that growing children need. Our All in One bread has extra fibre. Our Milk Roll and Healthy Harvest contain calcium.

White bread contains more calcium as wholemeal bread, essential for healthy bones and strong teeth - have a look at our Milk Roll and Healthy Harvest breads.

When they come out of school ravenous, toast, crumpets, fruit loaf and teacakes all make ideal healthy snacks.

Teenagers

Boys, especially, can have hearty appetites and often lead active lives. Bread is a good source of energy. Our All in One loaf in particular has low GI and helps you feel fuller for longer. Teenage girls may avoid bread because they think it's fattening; however, most bread is a low fat, low sugar food.

Many teenagers also skip breakfast but it really is the most important meal of the day. A bowl of fortified cereal, milk, toast and fruit juice only takes a few minutes to prepare and eat and makes a difference to their day both nutritionally and educationally.

It's important at this age to ensure calcium is in the diet to promote bone development (and therefore reduce the risk of osteoporosis in later life). Bread, particularily White bread is a good source of calcium.

Students

Bread is a good source of energy. All in One has low GI, helping you feel fuller for longer and keep you going!

Our range of Toastie breads is a firm favourite with students. 

Serving bread with other relatively inexpensive foods like soup and beans, tinned fish and eggs means students can have nutritious, filling food at very little cost any time of the day or night.

Adults

Our lives are becoming busier and for people who don't always have time to sit down to a cooked meal, a quick and delicious sandwich or roll can help to provide the energy you need to get through the day. Have a look at our Farmhouse, Batch breads and Rolls Range.

Aim for a balanced diet by eating a variety of fillings, together with salad, vegetables and fruit. Why not try our Healthy Inside loaf which helps boost your friendly bacteria. To find out more, please visit our Healthy Inside microsite.

If you're trying to lose weight or just watching your calorie intake, our Weight Watchers breads are ideal.

Older people

A sandwich or roll can provide a convenient, cheap and easy to prepare light meal or snack from store cupboard standbys. Bread products freeze well so a loaf or multipack can be divided up and defrosted as needed.

As the digestive system slows with age, it's important to include some fibre in the diet. Wholemeal bread contains more fibre than white bread.
Try our wholemeal range.

Sporty Active people

Bread and starchy snacks like rolls and crumpets are the ideal food for active people. Not only are they a source of low fat calories, but are easy to prepare, transport and even easier to eat.

For optimum sports performance, athletes need to eat a large proportion of their diet as starchy carbohydrates such as bread, pasta and potatoes. This is to allow the body to lay down glycogen stores in the muscle and liver. These stores provide quickly available energy whilst exercising. However the stores are limited, and sports people and those who exercise regularly need to eat a high carbohydrate diet as well as carry out carbohydrate loading before an event or exercise and re-fuel afterwards.

Eat lots of bread

Snacks like beans on toast with two slices of toast, a roll or fruit bread with a glass of fruit juice, two slices of toast and jam and a glass of milk, a crumpet with jam and sports drink, a lean ham salad sandwich and fruit juice are examples of moderate to high-GI snacks ideal for a pre-training snack and post-exercise re-fuelling. Try lots of different types to give you variety. Our All in One loaf has low GI to help you feel fuller for longer.

Carbohydrates which are less quickly released have a low-to-moderate GI and are great for in between exercise and are a much healthier choice than biscuits or cakes. Stoneground wholemeal bread and seeded breads are great for this preparation but beware of loading with butter or fatty fillings.

How Warburtons can help

We have breads to suit all occasions. If you are just grabbing a snack between meals why not try our Potato Cakes or range of delicious rolls. With a small chunk of cheese and a crisp apple, you’ll have a healthy snack, as part of a balanced diet.

Have a slice of our Seeded Batch bread with low fat pate as a first course to give your iron and other mineral levels a boost.

Breakfast with Stoneground Wholemeal Batch bread - toasted with jam, marmalade or yeast extract, a low fat yogurt and a glass of fruit juice sets you up for the day.