Too Good To Be True

[rawjess]

So I just ate a sandwich with this bread (https://www.foodforlife.com/procart_catalog/index.cfm?ProductID=43&do=detail). I'd seen it way before going raw, and saw it in the store today and it was kind of an impulse buy. I hadn't looked it up before to see if it was really raw but the packaging was all, "live grains", "sprouted", and being that newbie that I am, I figured it was raw. Lo and behold I go on their site and this is what it says:


Does "live grain" mean Food For Life breads are considered a "raw" food?

Foods are typically considered “Raw” if they are cooked at temperatures below 110 degrees. Our 100% flourless breads must be baked above 250 degrees Fahrenheit or they would spoil during baking unless they are dehydrated. Although our breads are slow baked, at temperatures much lower than typical commercial bakeries, they are not considered “Raw”.


You live and you learn. Bummer. I was all excited too. And now my throat is doing that "growling" thing (literally) which means I'm having some indigestion. (I haven't had this since before going raw.) Another sign that it WASN'T raw. :(

This isn't going to mess me up too much is it, the detox and everything, I mean??

[Katie P]

AWE! Well you didn't know :)

My question is how can they say it's live if it's been cooked? It's not live anymore!

[rawjess]

AWE! Well you didn't know

My question is how can they say it's live if it's been cooked? It's not live anymore!

EXACTLY! Can you say false advertising? They're certainly not live grains anymore at 250 degrees, so they should not have that on the packaging. I bet there's other people like me out there who were sucked into this same trap.

[DopeRawAbundance]

Well they sprout the grains, thus becoming living... unfortunately they murder them shortly after. I wouldn't assume they're trying to trick you.

[SevenKindsOfCookie]

Well did you enjoy eating it before finding out? In that case, stick to that feeling and move on.
Those breads are actually clean and good foods with tons of nutrients in them. So feel good about and let your body absorb those nutrients without stressing it.
It's not like you ate a bag of potato chips.

I understand that you are a bit disappointed though. The few raw breads that are on the makret are certainly not easy to get.
However, it's still super easy to make your own if have the equipment.