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Do you ever make trips to the Toronto area? If so, you can buy IBS safe bread at any Open Window bakery. The safest is its white bread. You could buy it and freeze it for up to a month. (I find it gets stale in the freezer after that.)

Most of the Open Window bakeries are in the Toronto area, but there is also one in Tilbury. (See http://canada411.yellowpages.ca/searchBusiness.do?what=Open+Window&srchtype=business&provinceId=ON&sType=nationalSearch&step=find&Se=pvn&x=65&y=10)

All of Open Window's bread products are "parve" meaning they do not contain any milk products. I've been buying Open Window's white bread and white bagels for years. My IBS is very severe and this bread has never bothered me.

Several other options are to buy a white pitabread that doesn't contain any additives or milk products. You would have to check the brands available at your local supermarket and health food store.

Another option is to see if there is a Jewish bakery in the London area. Jewish bakeries typically bake bread with no milk products, as part of their dietary laws. Of course, milk-free white bread is generally safe for IBS people!

Another option is to buy Yehuda matzoh (again from a Jewish store). I buy it at Fortinos supermarket in Toronto and I find it is agrees with me even better than bread. It is made with just white wheat flour and water and it looks like crackers although it tastes much better!

E-mail me if you need information on other IBS-safe products available in Ontario. Also, you might want to try contacting HanSolo (do a search on this site...she has had lots of postings). She lives in London, Ont. and is extremely knowledgeable. I'm sure she would know exactly where you could get bread.

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