• Please Remember: Members are only permitted to share their own experiences. Members are not qualified to give medical advice. Additionally, everyone manages their health differently. Please be respectful of other people's opinions about their own diabetes management.
  • We seem to be having technical difficulties with new user accounts. If you are trying to register please check your Spam or Junk folder for your confirmation email. If you still haven't received a confirmation email, please reach out to our support inbox: support.forum@diabetes.org.uk

Livlife bread

Status
This thread is now closed. Please contact Anna DUK, Ieva DUK or everydayupsanddowns if you would like it re-opened.
happydog

happydog

Well-Known Member
Relationship to Diabetes
Type 2
Found a new bread in Waitrose. Only half the carbs of normal bread, 3.8 per slice and it has seeds too. Tastes nice. 🙂
 
Been on web & looks good Happy Dog. Will give it a try thank you 🙂
 
Blast! We don't have a Waitrose up here, we have a wide choice of Tesco or, umm, Tesco. :(
 
Can't bare walking in a waitrose there prices are criminal
 
Got TWO loafs for ?2 from Newcastle on thurs. It tastes fine so thanks "Happy Dog" 🙂
 
I tried looking for Livlife in Waitrose this morning as our (small) Tesco has stopped doing Burgen. No luck there, nor in M&S, nor Iceland, nor Holland & Barretts - I didn't try Morrisons as it's always packed.

However in our other small Tesco (we have two) I bought a small Warburtons Wholemeal, which says it is 9.7 carbs per slice - not bad. It isn't a seedy loaf unfortunately but it was a choice of either buying that one or, er, buying that one.

Bit of a treasure hunt looking for suitable bread, isn't it?
 
Pine Marten said:
Bit of a treasure hunt looking for suitable bread, isn't it?
Click to expand...

It is :( My local Co-op started stocking small Burgen S&L for a couple of weeks, then replaced it with Allinsons. I have to go on a monthly trek up to a big new Sainsbury's once a month to get Burgen usually. The local Tesco Extra does a fairly decent Hovis wholemeal granary if I can't be bothered, but it tends to go dry after a couple of days whereas the Burgen stays fresh for a week 🙂

Really, it's no wonder that diets are poor - the vast majority of offers in the supermarkets are chocolate, sweets, beer, spirits, wine, biscuits, coke and crisps, and the bread shelves are 90% white or inferior brown bread. :(
 
Just bought a Weightwatchers brown Danish loaf which is 8.3 carbs per slice and quite a decent sized slice too. Never tried this before but it looks nice.
 
Morrisons Wholemeal medium 12.5 a slice. 2 for ?1 Tastes good & blood sugar good afterwards ! 🙂
 
Pine Marten said:
I tried looking for Livlife in Waitrose this morning as our (small) Tesco has stopped doing Burgen. No luck there, nor in M&S, nor Iceland, nor Holland & Barretts - I didn't try Morrisons as it's always packed.

However in our other small Tesco (we have two) I bought a small Warburtons Wholemeal, which says it is 9.7 carbs per slice - not bad. It isn't a seedy loaf unfortunately but it was a choice of either buying that one or, er, buying that one.

Bit of a treasure hunt looking for suitable bread, isn't it?
Click to expand...
Our local Iceland has stocked Burgen for well over a year -and still does -at ?1,00 and no change in price for all that time. Have also found it in Wilkinsons where they have a small food section but usually c?1.40 there.
 
We have an Iceland but unfortunately when I went in there the other week to check I discovered that they don't sell bread at all, never mind Burgen! So at the moment I've got half a loaf of Burgen left, and a small Warburtons wholemeal (9.7 per slice), and I usually use a slice off each if I'm having a sandwich.

In Tesco there was an 'sorry, temporarily out of stock' where the Burgen normally is, so hopefully it'll be back soon.

Onward and upward on the treasure hunt!
 
Hurray, found Livlife in Waitrose this morning - I shall try it out for lunch 🙂
 
pls let us know how you get on with it PM 🙂 (i thought it was good)
 
I thought it was quite tasty, though the slices are rather small - but they are full of seedy bits, which I like 🙂

My hubby is eating the rest of the wholemeal loaf (he doesn't like bits - get stuck in his teeth) so I've got half a Burgens and half a Livlife, so I'm happy :D
 
Northerner said:
It is :( My local Co-op started stocking small Burgen S&L for a couple of weeks, then replaced it with Allinsons. I have to go on a monthly trek up to a big new Sainsbury's once a month to get Burgen usually. The local Tesco Extra does a fairly decent Hovis wholemeal granary if I can't be bothered, but it tends to go dry after a couple of days whereas the Burgen stays fresh for a week 🙂

Really, it's no wonder that diets are poor - the vast majority of offers in the supermarkets are chocolate, sweets, beer, spirits, wine, biscuits, coke and crisps, and the bread shelves are 90% white or inferior brown bread. :(
Click to expand...

Totally agree with you "Northy" They dont promote the good for you stuff ! 😱
 
I was just wondering if anyone in London had got hold of a loaf? I went to my nearest Waitrose last night, but no luck.
 
I agree with Northie, supermarkets have promotions on sweets, chocolate, fizzy drinks, cakes etc. I have never seen any offers on good healthy food. Seeded bread is always most expensive. My local Morrisons stopped stocking Burgen due to lack of demand and it's a trek to find any other shop that stocks it. Sophie only likes white bread even though I tell her whole meal and seeded is best for her. And I don't want to buy a white loaf and a seeded loaf so we have to compromise with 50/50 bread.
 
Status
This thread is now closed. Please contact Anna DUK, Ieva DUK or everydayupsanddowns if you would like it re-opened.
Back
Top