LOADING ERROR LOADINGDietary advice provided by registered dietitian Jo Travers, also known as The London Nutritionist. Though a dietitian previously told us that wholegrain pasta is a little healthier than the “plain” kind, she doesn’t think it’s an all-or-nothing issue. Advertisement“The healthiest ones are high fibre sourdough breads, made with a sourdough starter and slowly fermented. Travers said, “Fibre is really important, but wholegrain is best because the grain is left fairly intact, which isn’t the case with the 50/50 type breads or brown breads. In this case, you would want white rather than brown or wholegrain).”AdvertisementBut, she added, the case is “quite nuanced” as, “It’s a difficult toss-up between white sourdough and wholemeal seeded because the latter is higher in fibre, but the former might have less of an effect on blood sugar and may be beneficial to gut health, so [seeded wholemeal bread, wholemeal bread, and white sourdough] are potentially equal.”The healthiest breads, ranked by a dietitianTavers ranked the healthiest breads in this order, from most to least healthy:

Source: Huffington Post February 28, 2026 09:35 UTC