Ingredients Matter

Everyone at Against The Grain cares deeply about the ingredient quality and content of our products. Everything we use is simple, fresh, and recognizable as a bonafide food substance. Even though exotic food chemistry is everywhere in nearly all processed foods—gluten-free and otherwise—we are having none of it. You can recognize and pronounce every substance we use. 

As we all know, much processed food is full of ingredients that read like advanced chemistry textbooks. This defies common sense and is both bizarre and horrifying. In fact, we are suspicious of anything “modified,” GMO or not. Take modified starches, for an example. Modified tapioca starch, modified corn starch, and modified potato starch are all ingredients you will find in many gluten-free foods. Any starch that is “modified” has been chemically treated, presumably to increase its ability to act as a binder, improve the texture of baked goods, and to retain moisture. Here is a description of the chemicals the U.S. Food and Drug Administration allows in the production of modified food starches:

Food starch may be acid-modified by treatment with hydrochloric acid or sulfuric acid or both. Food starch may be bleached by treatment with one or more of the following: oxygen obtained from hydrogen peroxide and/or peracetic acid; ammonium persulfate; chlorine, as calcium hypochlorite; potassium permanganate; sodium chlorite, among others.

Food starch may be esterified by treatment with one of the following: acetic anhydride; adipic anhydride; monosodium orthophosphate; phosphorus oxychloride; phosphorus oxychloride; sodium trimetaphosphate; succinic anhydride; vinyl acetate, among others.

Food starch may be etherified by treatment with one of the following: acrolein; epichlorohydrin; propylene oxide.

(Code of Federal Regulations Title 21 CFR 172.892) 

Hydrogen peroxide? Vinyl acetate? We’re not making this up. Who really understands why the process of “esterified” or “etherified” ingredients is necessary, but we know we don’t want to make or eat food in which the ingredients have been treated with these chemicals. We use tapioca starch in our ingredients, which is bleached in the production process, but it is not chemically “modified.” Our other base ingredients include milk which is produced in a local dairy less than 24 hours before we receive it; non-GMO canola oil, low fat mozzarella cheese with no preservatives, growth hormones, or anti-caking agents; shell eggs that come directly from the hens to us from a local egg farm; and salt. No strange gums, binders, dough conditioners, chemical flavor enhancers, stabilizers, or preservatives.

Look at the Nutritional Information on our products, and you will see that we are serious about the simplicity and decency of our ingredients.

 

Rolls, Original

UPC: 892453001013

Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 roll
Servings Per Package 4
Amount Per Serving
Calories 265 Calories from Fat 48%
Total Fat 14g 22%
Saturated Fat 3g 15%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 56mg 19%
Sodium 364 mg 15%
Total Carb. 29g 10%
Dietary Fiber 0g
Sugars 0g
Protein 6g 11%
Vitamin A 4% Calcium 13%
Vitamin C 0% Iron 1%
Percent Daily Values (DV) are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Ingredients:
Tapioca starch, milk, mozzarella cheese, eggs, canola oil, salt.

Rolls, Rosemary

UPC: 892453001020

Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 roll
Servings per Package 4
Amount Per Serving
Calories 265 Calories from Fat 48%
Total Fat 14g 22%
Saturated Fat 3g 15%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 56mg 19%
Sodium 364 mg 15%
Total Carb. 29g 10%
Dietary Fiber 0g
Sugars 0g
Protein 6g 11%
Vitamin A 4% Calcium 13%
Vitamin C 1% Iron 1%
Percent Daily Values (DV) are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Ingredients:
Tapioca starch, milk, mozzarella cheese, eggs, canola oil, salt, rosemary.

Bagels, Sesame

UPC: 892453001051

Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 bagel
Servings per Package: 6
Amount Per Serving
Calories 250 Calories from Fat 47%
Total Fat 13g 20%
Sat. Fat 3g 14%
Trans. Fat 0g
Cholesterol 51mg 17%
Sodium 328mg 14%
Total Carb. 28g 9%
Fiber 0g 0%
Sugars 0g
Protein 5g 10%
Vitamin A 4% • Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 13% • Iron 2%
Percent Daily Values (DV) are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Ingredients:
Tapioca starch, milk, eggs, mozzarella cheese, canola oil, sesame seeds, salt, sesame oil.

Bagels, Sun-dried Tomato/Basil

UPC: 892453001068

Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 bagel
Servings per Package: 6
Amount Per Serving
Calories 241 Calories from Fat 48%
Total Fat 13g 20%
Sat. Fat 3g 14%
Trans. Fat 0g
Cholesterol 52mg 17%
Sodium 293mg 12%
Total Carb. 27g 9%
Fiber 0g
Sugars 0g
Protein 5g 10%
Vitamin A 4% • Vitamin C 1%
Calcium 12% • Iron 1%
Percent Daily Values (DV) are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Ingredients:
Tapioca starch, milk, mozzarella cheese, eggs, canola oil, salt, sun-dried tomatoes, basil.

Pizza Shell

UPC: 892453001075

Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 slice
Servings per Package 8
Amount Per Serving
Calories 158 Calories from Fat 48%
Total Fat 2g 10%
Sat. Fat 5g 27%
Trans. Fat 0g
Cholesterol 37mg 12%
Sodium 110mg 5%
Total Carb. 17g 6%
Fiber trace 1%
Sugars 0g
Protein 3g 7%
Vitamin A 3% • Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 8% • Iron 3%
Percent Daily Values (DV) are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Ingredients:
Tapioca starch, milk, eggs, canola oil, mozzarella cheese, cheddar cheese, Parmesan
cheese.

Baguettes, Original

UPC: 892453001037

Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1/3 baguette (2.5 oz)
Servings per Package 6
Amount per Serving
Calories 250 Calories from Fat 49%
Total Fat 14 21%
Saturated Fat 3g 14%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 54g 18%
Sodium 332mg 14%
Total Carb. 27g 9%
Dietary Fiber 0g 0%
Sugars 0g
Protein 5g 10%
Vitamin A 4% Calcium 12%
Vitamin C 0% Iron 1%
Percent Daily Values (DV) are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Ingredients:
Tapioca starch, milk, eggs, mozzarella cheese, canola oil, salt.

Baguettes, Rosemary

UPC: 892453001044

Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1/3 baguette (2.5 oz)
Servings Per Package 6
Amount per Serving
Calories 250 Calories from Fat 49%
Total Fat 14g 21%
Saturated Fat 3g 14%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 54mg 18%
Sodium 332mg 14%
Total Carb. 27g 9%
Dietary Fiber 0g 0%
Sugars 0g
Protein 5g 10%
Vitamin A 4% Calcium 12%
Vitamin C 0% Iron 1%
Percent Daily Values (DV) are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Ingredients:
Tapioca starch, milk, eggs, mozzarella cheese, canola oil, salt, rosemary.

Rolls, Pumpernickel

UPC: 892453001099

Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 roll (approx. 3 oz.)
Servings per Package 4
Amount Per Serving
Calories 295 Calories from Fat 132
Total Fat 15g 25%
Saturated Fat 3g 15%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 58mg 20%
Sodium 241 mg 10%
Total Carb. 35g 10%
Dietary Fiber 9g 35%
Sugars 0g
Protein 6g
Vitamin A 4% Calcium 15%
Vitamin C 0% Iron 6%
Percent Daily Values (DV) are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Ingredients:
Tapioca starch, milk, mozzarella cheese, eggs, canola oil, molasses, cocoa powder, salt, caraway seeds.

 

Pizza, Three-Cheese

UPC: 892453001082

Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 2 slices
Servings per Container: 4
Amount Per Serving
Calories 410 Calories from Fat 205
Total Fat 23g 36%
Saturated Fat 7g 34%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 96mg 32%
Sodium 387 mg 16%
Total Carb. 34g 11%
Dietary Fiber <1g 2%
Sugars 2g
Protein 18g
Vitamin A 10% Calcium 42%
Vitamin C <1% Iron 5%
Percent Daily Values (DV) are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Ingredients:
Tapioca starch, mozzarella cheese, eggs, tomato paste (vine-ripened fresh tomatoes, and naturally-derived citric acid), parmesan cheese, canola oil, cheddar cheese, water.

 

Pizza, Pesto

UPC: 892453001105

Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 2 slices
Servings per Container: 4
Amount Per Serving
Calories 475 Calories from Fat 210
Total Fat 30g 46%
Saturated Fat 8g 38%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 98mg 33%
Sodium 421 mg 18%
Total Carb. 33g 11%
Dietary Fiber <1g 1%
Sugars 0g
Protein 19g
Vitamin A 13% Calcium 47%
Vitamin C 2% Iron 5%
Percent Daily Values (DV) are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Ingredients:
Tapioca starch, mozzarella cheese, eggs, canola oil, parmesan cheese, cheddar cheese, fresh basil, sunflower seeds, garlic, water.