For most home cooks, the brand of bread crumbs used is really just an afterthought, whatever’s convenient on store shelves. But if you take a closer look, there can be a gigantic difference between brands, particularly when it comes to salt and white carbs. In today’s Love it, Like it, Hate it, we’re Getting the Skinny with Molly on top picks & worst bets when it comes to store-bought bread crumbs.
LOVE IT! {Whole grain and low in sodium}
Whole Foods 365 Whole Wheat Bread Crumbs
- Ingredients: white whole wheat flour (enriched with added vitamins), sugar, yeast
- 0 mg sodium, 3 grams fiber, and 110 calories per 1/4 cup
Gia Russa Whole Grain Bread Crumbs, Italian Seasoned
- Ingredients: whole grain wheat flour (enriched with added vitamins), romano cheese, herbs/spices
- 270 mg sodium, 3 grams fiber and 125 calories per 1/4 cup
Glutino Gluten Free Breadcrumbs
- Ingredients: corn meal & sugar
- 0 mg sodium, 1 gram fiber, and 110 calories per 1/3 cup
LIKE IT! {Whole grain & moderately-high in sodium, or white flour and moderate in sodium}
Ian’s Gluten Free Italian Style Panko Bread Crumbs
- Ingredients: rice flour, xanthan gum, salt, garlic powder, onion powder, leavening, oil, sugar
- 62 mg sodium, 2 grams fiber, and 140 calories per ¼ cup
Progresso Panko Crispy Bread Crumbs, Plain
- Ingredients: wheat flour (enriched white flour), canola oil, yeast, dextrose, sugar, salt…
- 55 mg sodium, 0 fiber, and 100 calories per ¼ cup
HATE IT! {White, enriched flour and high in sodium}
Old London Seasoned Bread Crumbs
- Ingredients: enriched flour (white flour), high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, partially hydrogenated oil…
- 560 mg sodium, 1 gram fiber, and 110 calories per ¼ cup
Progresso Parmesan Bread Crumbs
- Ingredients: enriched f lour (white flour), high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, partially hydrogenated oil…
- 850 mg sodium, 1 gram fiber, and 100 calories per ¼ cup