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  USATODAY.com - Wonder what's next? Whole-grain white bread
Wonder Bread, the nation's No. 1 bread brand, is going against the grain.
Made with an albino wheat variety that doesn't have the harsh taste of whole red-wheat flour, the bread has the same spongy texture, the same mushability and pretty much the same taste as Wonder Bread.
But traditional Wonder Bread, made with white flour from which the bran and germ are removed, isn't going away.
www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2005-06-29-wonderbread_x.htm?csp=34   (579 words)

  
  Wonder Bread - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wonder Bread is known to several generations of youngsters as being very highly compressible.
Wonder Bread is commonly recommended in the treatment of pica, in which small inedible objects are swallowed by a child or dog, and there is some concern that the intestinal tract might be punctured or blocked as a result.
Wonder Bread is produced in Canada by Weston Bakeries.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wonder_Bread   (490 words)

  
 Wonder Bread launching new whole-wheat loaf
Wonder Bread, the makers of that ooey-gooey, squishy concoction that some call white bread (others are more skeptical), is getting on the health bandwagon.
The move is part of plan to reinvent the company behind Wonder Bread, Interstate Bakeries Corp., which declared bankruptcy back in September 2004.
The new Wonder White Bread Fans 100% Whole Grain Bread loaf will be available in the U.S. next month (not sure when/if it will come to Canada – Wonder Bread just made much ado about the launch of its “Wonder+” enriched white bread product here).
www.cbc.ca /consumers/market/murmurs/archives/2006/20060124_wonder.html   (242 words)

  
 Wonder Bread History - Invention of Wonder Bread
To Elmer, the image signified a sense of “wonder,” and Wonder® Bread was born.
In 1941, Wonder Bread was involved in a government-supported move to enrich white bread with vitamins and minerals to improve nutrition.
In honor of Wonder Bread’s 80th birthday, the Wonder Bread hot air balloon began touring the country in the summer of 2001.
www.ideafinder.com /history/inventions/wonderbread.htm   (1701 words)

  
 Whole grain latest Wonder of the white bread world
Wonder Bread, that icon of squishy, oh-so-American white bread, turns a nutritional corner today with the launch of two whole-wheat versions intended to look, taste and feel just like the spongy original.
It's part of a plan to resuscitate Wonder Bread's baker, bankrupt Interstate Bakeries Corp. (also the maker of Hostess Twinkies), which has struggled as consumers went from rejecting carbs outright to demanding they be whole grain.
The new breads include Wonder White Bread Fans, which is 100 percent whole grain, and Wonder Made With Whole Grain White, which is part whole grain, part white flour.
www.azcentral.com /arizonarepublic/news/articles/0123wonderbread23.html   (421 words)

  
 Flour Power. A Guide to Buying Bread -- Sept. 1997 — U.S. Edition Nutrition Action Healthletter
If a bread doesn't have whole wheat, oats, or some other whole grain as the first ingredient, much of its vitamin-and-mineral-rich germ and bran leave been milled away, along with most of its fiber.
Breads with "Stone Ground Wheat," "Cracked Wheat," "Crushed Wheat," or "Wheat Berry" in their names may or may not be whole grain.
That means the breads may help prevent constipation, but they don't supply the nutrients and phytochemicals that come with the whole grain.
www.cspinet.org /nah/bread.htm   (871 words)

  
 kutv.com - Wonder Bread To Unveil Whole Wheat Loaf   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Wonder Bread, that icon of squishy, oh-so-American white bread, turns a nutritional corner Monday with the launch of two whole wheat versions intended to look, taste and feel just like the spongy original.
It's part of a plan to resuscitate Wonder Bread's baker, the bankrupt Interstate Bakeries Corp. — also the maker of Hostess Twinkies — which has struggled as consumers went from rejecting carbs outright to demanding they be whole grain.
Wonder Bread is what it is, a white bread destined for peanut butter and jelly and never to be mistaken for health food.
kutv.com /business/finance_story_022161119.html   (763 words)

  
 Internet Archive: Details: Wonder Bread Commercial   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Wonder Bread should stay “fresh” for a few days longer than regular bread (maybe that’s why it was named Wonder Bread).
The fact that Wonder Bread tastes awful whether itÂ’s supposedly fresh or not is beside the point here.
Because of Wonder Bread, I now can sleep easily at night knowing that there is a product out there conveniently made from batter that will not provide me with hole-y toast and will keep my plastic American cheese safe until it's eaten.
www.archive.org /details/wonder_bread   (289 words)

  
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Wonder Bread, the nation’s top bread brand, is poised to make a monstrous splash in the bread market; that’s because it’s coming out with a 100 percent whole-wheat loaf targeted at mothers who are concerned about their children’s nutrition.
While the new whole-grain white bread looks and tastes the same as Wonder Bread’s regular stuff (which, by the way, is sticking around), it is claimed to have three times the fiber and is made with an albino wheat that is void of the harsh taste commonly found in whole red-wheat flour.
According to the chief marketing officer for bread maker Interstate Brands, Wonder Bread’s 100 percent whole-grain alternative is meant to distribute all the goodness and health benefits of whole grain, without giving up the benefits of white bread.
www.mercola.com /2005/jul/16/whole_grain_bread.htm   (884 words)

  
 Travel Channel :: Made in America :: Wonder Bread
All those red, blue and yellow balloons filled him with a sense of, go ahead and say it, "Wonder." And that's when Elmer got carried away with the name Wonder Bread.
But bread wasn't always there in such a neat, tidy package, fresh and ready to eat.
In the 1930s, Wonder Bread was a major sponsor of the World's Fairs in both Chicago and New York and gave fairgoers an oven's eye view of how their loaves were baked.
travel.discovery.com /fansites/jrmia/goods/wonder.html   (303 words)

  
 Todd's Wonder Banana Bread   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Once, I got him to bake one of these for Sonia (this is before we were married) and I mailed it to her in New Jersey.
I scored big points with this move and got to be known as the "banana bread guy" among her friends.
This is an excellent recipe if you have never baked bread before or never had patience with all the kneading that is required for most breads.
dinnercoop.cs.cmu.edu /dinnercoop/Recipes/sanjiv/BananaBread.html   (205 words)

  
 Pratie Place: Wonder Bread
I bought Wonder Bread for my kids once but they didn't like it; I have to admit the "dough conditioner" taste now poisons my enjoyment too.
Even though Wonder Bread is not very Jewish, there is a recipe for Wonder Blintzes on the official website.
BadAunt at present simple wondered why, after two weeks, her Japanese supermarket bread "was still soft, spongy, and white.
pratie.blogspot.com /2005/02/wonder-bread.html   (834 words)

  
 Wonder Bread Marketers Settle FTC Charges
The marketers of Wonder Bread have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that ads claiming that Wonder Bread containing added calcium could improve children's brain function and memory were unsubstantiated and violated federal law.
According to the FTC, the maker of Wonder Bread, Interstate Bakeries Corp. (IBC), aired an ad featuring a fictional spokesperson, Professor Wonder, who made claims that as a good source of calcium, Wonder Bread helps children's minds work better and helps their memory.
In the ad challenged by the FTC, Professor Wonder describes certain purported health benefits of calcium - that it helps children's minds work better and helps memory - and emphasizes that Wonder Bread has been fortified to be a "good source" of calcium.
www.ftc.gov /opa/2002/03/wonderbread.htm   (596 words)

  
 Helen Hull Hitchcock - Shades of the Seventies: "Wonder bread" Masses
Turner notes that "according to the tradition of the Roman Catholic Church, Eucharistic bread is unleavened, and made from wheat flour and water", but he intends his readers to believe that hosts in the traditional form are not the "real food" bread that the instructions require.
The bread for celebrating the Eucharist must be solely from wheat, recently baked, and, according to the ancient tradition of the Latin Church, it must be unleavened (emphasis added).
It is illicit for a Latin rite priest to consecrate leavened bread.
www.adoremus.org /0302Communionhost.html   (1174 words)

  
 Artists, activists vie for the old Wonder Bread sign
Gazing at a Wonder Bread sign so big it can be seen from airplanes passing overhead, John Jeannot thinks it would look great in a blank corner of the park next door.
The Wonder Bread proposal, he said, would be the largest purely private development project in the immediate neighborhood to date.
He acknowledges that there are questions about putting the Wonder Bread sign in the park, like how to stabilize it or keep people from climbing on it.
seattlepi.nwsource.com /local/227277_wonder06.html   (1475 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - On Deadline | Archives | Wonder Bread goes wheat   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Wonder Bread launches its white wheat bread today, hoping to present healthier options amid growing American concerns about obesity.
Elsewhere, bloggers of course are weighing in on the Wonder news.
Says one writer: "Wonder Bread is coming out with a white wheat bread.
blogs.usatoday.com /ondeadline/2006/01/wonder_bread_go.html   (181 words)

  
 SportingNews.com - NASCAR - Wonder Bread gets exposure in new movie
No wonder that Wonder Bread was attracted to the idea of being in front of both audiences as a primary sponsor for Ferrell's character in Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, which opens nationwide Friday.
There's no sure way to quantify what Wonder Bread gains from this partnership, no sales figure that could be directly attributed to its inclusion in the film, but this is the kind of exposure that can't be bought.
But good for Wonder Bread, at least they are getting their name out there, which was the purpose of being in the movie, I guess.
www.sportingnews.com /yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=113270   (1599 words)

  
 The Nature Institute - From Wonder Bread to GM Lettuce
The other was in advertisements: "Wonder Bread Helps Build Strong Bodies in 12 Ways!" I didn't know what this meant, but I sure loved squishing two or three slices into a little ball and popping it into my mouth.
Not only did Wonder Bread, Puffed Rice and their companions feel more and more like poisons when I occasionally ate them, but I also realized that food and nutrition are all about activity—sensing, mixing, and taking apart the food we eat.
It's Wonder Bread all over again, except that the living organism itself will be the vehicle to transport all those "valuable" nutrients into our bodies.
www.natureinstitute.org /pub/ic/ic11/wonderbread.htm   (2886 words)

  
 Wonder Bread cooks up logo deal - On the Money - MSNBC.com
Things haven’t been so wonderful for the company lately, but a gratuitous placement of its familiar, colorful logos all over what could become one of this summer’s hottest films could make America’s number one white bread top of mind again.
Wonder Bread is putting Ferrell on the front of its Web site, awarding one lucky winner the fire suit and hat worn in the movie, another receiving a trip to the NASCAR race at Talladega this fall.
With NASCAR.com pedaling collectibles as if Ricky Bobby were an actual driver, Wonder Bread is already enjoying the benefits of a title sponsorship that in the real world costs $15 million.
msnbc.msn.com /id/14151755   (703 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Wonder Bread & Ecstasy : The Life and Death of Joey Stefano: Books: Charles Isherwood   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Ecstasy and Wonder Bread is both a hard-hitting exposé of an industry that uses people up and then spits them out and a sympathetic portrait of a young man whose desire for attention and fame was equaled only by his inability to say no.
Though it was ruled accidental, the drug-related death of 26-year-old gay porn star Joey Stefano?ne Nicholas Iacona?garnered attention from the tabloid press and prompted a television talk-show host to ask whether the sex industry was to blame.
By then, he was virtually unrecognizable from the wholesome Wonder bread kid who would become a gay icon.
www.amazon.ca /Wonder-Bread-Ecstasy-Death-Stefano/dp/1555833837   (1953 words)

  
 Wacky Packages Wonder Bread Series   (Site not responding. Last check: )
They are both distinguishable from the original by the fact that the first Wonderbreads have the "Topps Chewing Gum" copyright while the second Wonderbreads have the die-cut variation (see the Boo-Hoo and Blunder die-cut variations).
It seems likely there was also some indication of Wackys on the bags the bread came in, but to date nobody has turned one of those up.
For those titles that are indistinguishable from the originals by their die-cuts, there are several theories that have bandied around as to how to tell the difference.
www.wackypackages.org /stickers/wonderbread   (477 words)

  
 In Seattle, Questions Arise About the Future of a Sign From the Past - New York Times   (Site not responding. Last check: )
But the giant Wonder Bread sign in the Central area, atop a bakery scheduled for demolition, is one that some residents fear may be sold piecemeal.
They strongly suspect that "Wonder Bread", or "Wonder" or "Bread" — or just "W" or "B," for that matter — would be a hot commodity for the growing set of neon industrial art aficionados.
Still, some, like the Wonder Bread sign and the neon R for the Rainier Brewing Company, which is now in a neon museum, are no longer hovering above thriving businesses.
travel2.nytimes.com /2006/03/28/national/28wonder.html   (1129 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Business -- Wonder Bread bakery says region has gone stale
Finding areas where Wonder Bread will be successful might be difficult as times have changed with bread consumption, said Susan Seligson, author of “Going With the Grain,” a book that chronicles the history and culture of bread.
When Wonder Bread was introduced in 1921, she said, it was the first product to convince women that there was no need to bake their own bread or make a special trip to a bakery.
By comparison, Wonder Bread seems woefully outdated, especially in California, where the natural-food movement was born.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/business/20070829-9999-1n29wonder.html   (995 words)

  
 Wonder Bread
White Bread Fans 100% Whole Grain Bread from Wonder lets you have the soft, delicious taste you always loved about Wonder bread in a 100% whole grain bread.
Plus, Wonder Made With Whole Grain White has the calcium of a glass of milk, and is a good source of fiber and 8 essential vitamins and minerals in two slices.
Wonder Kids special recipe bread is specially designed to provide the extra nutrition kids need to help build strong bodies.
www.wonderbread.com /nutrition.asp   (615 words)

  
 Wonder Bread
Includes a Wonder Bread costume with the traditional Wonder Bread packaging of red, yellow and blue accent circles, yellow twist-tie detail at the neck and the Wonder Bread logo written in red script down the front of the costume.
In celebration of the 85th anniversary (2006), Wonder has published The Wonder® Bread Cookbook by collecting nearly 50 fan recipes plus vintage favorites.
As part of Wonder Bread's 85th anniversary celebration, Wonder put out a call for recipes, asking people to share their ideas for making more than simply sandwiches with America's favorite bread.
www.i-wonder.net /wonder-bread.htm   (215 words)

  
 God Blog: Wonder Bread - First Presbyterian Church of Alameda
It was an intensive 1-week course in breads of every kind -- baguettes, brioche loaves, sweet curly challahs, savory ryes, and a whole lot more.
The overflowing bags of bread loaves remind me of the time Jesus fed 5,000 people with a mere 5 loaves of bread and 2 little fishes.
But I wonder if it doesn't call you and me to another kind of miracle that doesn't depend on divine interruptions of the course of nature.
www.alamedachurch.com /blog/2006/07/wonder-bread.asp   (594 words)

  
 Overlawyered: Update: Wonder Bread dough
First came the mixing up of allegations of racial discrimination against Interstate Bakeries, producer of Wonder Bread and Hostess Twinkies (Jul.
Now, six years later, the case having settled for maybe $25 million, a lawyer who worked with Alioto continues to battle her in court for a share of the mouth-watering fees (Mike McKee, "Lawyer Still Seeks Slice of Wonder Bread Fees", The Recorder/Law.com, Apr.
Certainly, one has to imagine that the total bill from Wonder Bread's defense team was at least five times as high.
www.overlawyered.com /2006/05/update_wonder_bread_dough.html   (286 words)

  
 CNN.com - Wonder Bread maker settles charges - Mar. 6, 2002
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The maker of Wonder Bread has agreed to settle federal charges that it made unsupported advertising claims that calcium in its products could make children's minds work better and improve their memories.
Under the settlement, Interstate Bakeries Corp. (IBC: down $0.15 to $24.49, Research, Estimates), based in Kansas City, Mo., and its advertising agency, Minneapolis-based Campbell Mithun LLC, are barred from making health claims without scientific proof, the Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday.
"This case is about ad substantiation and not about whether Wonder Bread is a nutritious product," she said.
archives.cnn.com /2002/BUSINESS/03/06/wonder.ap   (384 words)

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