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If you check the USDA Food database it says that on average commerically prepared white bread has 2.4 grams of dietary fiber per 100 grams. (see Bread, white, commercially prepared (includes soft bread crumbs))

What brand of white bread was that you saw a label that indicated that it contained 0 grams of fiber?

It is might be possible under certain conditions that the fiber content could be given as zero since the USDA labeling requirement states:

Some foods qualify for a simplified label format. This format is allowed when the food contains insignificant amounts of seven or more of the mandatory nutrients and total calories. "Insignificant" means that a declaration of zero could be made in nutrition labeling, or, for total carbohydrate, dietary fiber, and protein, the declaration states "less than 1 g."

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