Country Life Bakery Gluten Free Multigrain

Gluten reaction! Avoid! Avoid! Avoid! – On the three occurrences that I've had meals including this bread, I've had horrible gluten reactions. If you're eating this for allergen reasons, avoid at all costs.

Gluten free bread – This is the worst gluten free bread I have ever bought. It's tasteless, like eating cardboard and it fell apart when I tried to eat it; all my salad ingredients fell out all over the place. If you can't get the gluten free recipe right then maybe don't make it. I'll stick to my usual brand from now on. Just being honest as I was very disappointed and gluten free bread is very expensive no matter what brand. Show details

Best on the market until bad recipe change – Country Life Bread has been our favourite GF bread for 7 years and became the only bread this Coeliac family would buy. Unfortunately this year they have changed the recipe and it is sadly now an awful texture, someone else on productreview.com.au described it well as texture like fairy floss with no substance. It doesnt fill you up at all and is… Read more

a disguisting chalk dust like texture in the mouth. It is so disappointing as the product was the best on the market but is now bad. Unfortunately we cant justify buying this product over others on the market now that the recipe has changed. Also they have started double plastic bagging the bread, unacceptable in this day and age of knowledge about the impact of plastic on our environment.

WOW! Yummo! – I have really enjoyed Country Style bread for several years now. I am always happy with it, even though it was always a small sized loaf and slices. THEN they changed the packaging and the loaf and man! I LOVE it now so much! It actually tastes like 'real' bread! I don't just have gluten intolerance for over 30 years but other intestinal issues… Read more

which just about anything sets off, and I can honestly say this is the best bread I have ever had!

Normally I freeze a loaf and use what I need at a time, but this bread stayed fresh for over 4 days in the pack on the bench.

I can not rave about it enough, in fact, I am off to make a sandwich right this minute!

Great bread get rid of psyllium – This is a fine tasting bread but I have reaction to psyllium and it is in virtually all gluten free breads....must play some role, if only fibre, please get another one.i can't have this good bread again while psyllium remains and this is frustrating and disappointing.

Excellent Quality Australian Product – Vast improvement on the previous recipe and continues to improve. Much cheaper than some of the "artisan" breads so good value for money for A GF product. Nice and safe with our strict Australian labelling standards, but it all the time with never a worry. Love to see it in different packaging, but that's the only gripe. Improved recipe

The new bread is terrible and has caused my health to fail – I loved the old Multi grain bread and was healthy until it was first unavailable for several weeks and then replaced by a sticky, horrible loaf. I have struggled to find a suitable replacement and old recipe muffins. But after feeling sicker over the weeks, now am bloated and have leaky gut, arthritis in the knees and feel unwell. IT WAS OUR… Read more

FOOD. NOT JUST PROFITS OR FANTASIES THAT WE WANTED SOFTER BREAD.

There are no Glutin free breads I can find which have not been altered. What can I eat? It was a big mistake by you and I wonder how many people are now in my position. Go back to the old recipe. Several brands have been affected.

Go back to the old recipe – Recently country life gf multigrain bread’s recipe was changed. Now it is only just okay as toast. The old recipe was much nicer and it was delicious whether you used it for a sandwich or toast. I’m very disappointed, I used to love this bread and now it is barely passable. Please go back to the old recipe!!!

MISLEADING INFORMATION – Country life has provided false and misleaded information saying they are “diary free” whilst having egg yolk in the ingredients?!!! What a hipocrosy!

Was terrific, and then something went wrong – I purchased this Gluten Free bread from Woolworths in both Tasmania and Victoria and was astounded at how good it was. It was bouncy and soft - just like "real bread" - it stayed this way for 3-4 days unlike all other gluten free breads, it didn't contain soy (yah!) and the price was a pleasant surprise too! I didn't need to freeze it, or toast it… Read more

to then make it edible, unlike all of the other GF breads on the market. I was thrilled, life was grand, what a great find!

But then I bought a 3rd loaf in Victoria and it was the polar opposite..... It had over a week of shelf life left, yet it was dry, hard, had no bounce and only suitable for toast! Nothing like the first loaves and not as quoted on the packaging - I threw it out in the end. I admit it was on special at Coles, but why should the quality fall as a result?

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I hope that the quality of your product returns to be as per my first tastings and remains consistent so we can all enjoy in future - then I'll give it 10 stars.

severe stomach cramps – whole family had country life gluten free and all of us had severe stomach cramps . this bread my be gluten free but the preservative 282 is a very nasty ingredient this is definitely a must avoid gluten free bread

Mould forms – Purchased Multigrain Gluten free twice within fortnight from Woolies and noticed mould forms on the bread. Considering the cost of the bread i would have expected a better shelf - it has been refrigerated and in bread tin.

Not sure! – I bought this bread today for the first time in my life first gluten free bread. I tried pieces of it it's taste great and yummy. But before that I tried to make bread with besan flour because your bread very expensive especially I don't work. I don't care about packaging I care about my eating. People can buy reusable glad plastic bags and which… Read more

is sealable not big issues. I came home and tried to bake bread with besan flour which gluten free I failed to make tortillas so I did tasted them but I don't know I got gluten again. I am scared to use it for my dinner. It's my first gluten free in my life. I don't know what is 282 stand for I wish it was non grain one. I will eat it tonight good willing but if it's effected me then I won't use it jeez what a nightmare! Can someone tell me what is hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose ?? I wish they make it certified gluten free bread. I can't live without bread Taste yummy Glutened again, expensive feeling sick.

Great product, but what's with the packaging? – I absolutely love this product, in all its' variations, but the fact that there's no way to reseal the packaging is extremely frustrating. I cannot understand why they continue to stick with it, because apart from that, this bread ticks all the boxes. It's tasty, I like the texture, and I haven't noticed any inconsistencies noted by other reviewers. Just change the bloody packaging! Good flavour and texture PACKAGING

Mouldy 3 days before expiration – I bought the country life gluten free multigrain loaf on 30/12/13. It had a best before date of 4/1/14. The last 5 slices had a large patch of green mould on it on 1/1/14. It was stored in an airtight container as the packaging is not suitable to reseal. It was one of the best gluten free breads I have tasted though. Not sure if I would buy this again as I had to throw out a large amount of the loaf. Tasty bread Expensive for such a small loaf

got glutened!?? – Thought this bread pretty good for taste and texture (tho does stick together and packaging is terrible). However, I got glutened after eating 4slices. How? I know soy flour is a suspect source of cross-contamination as the soy beans are grown and harvested by same machines as wheat etc and grown in same fields. It claims to be gf but how is that… Read more

tested? Won't be trying it again, tho, as can't risk another glutening. taste, texture ok, fine if not coeliac got glutened so not sure about the gf status.

Country life bakery gluten free multigrain – Taste and texture not consistent and unable to seal pack after opening it. Not happy with the seem to be new look and taste. We buy this bread for the family and we need a loaf each day. We like the low GI as well and the gluten free multigrain. My family used to like making anything with it, like assorted sandwiches, toast, as snack on their own. The thickness and texture changes and most importantly the taste has changed for the worst.

Nice and Moist – This is possibly the best Gluten-Free Bread that I have tasted since giving up eating wheat. Most of the GF Breads tend to be dry and have the texture of stale bread, but this one is moist and very edible. I am not a big carb eater, but when I do feel like a slice of bread this one will do nicely. Nice and moist, very similar to wheat bread. Not a big fan of the packaging, makes it hard to store in the freezer.

Bring back the old products and packaging – I have been eating this and the other variations of this brand of bread for a long time and since they have changed recently am not as happy with their product. It does not freeze as well and the packaging is useless. You have to hunt around for a container that suits. Please bring back the old version Packaging can't be utilised

Get over the packaging – At last....real tasting gluten free bread. It's the closest to a sourdough tecture I have tasted in all the gluten free breads I have tried. It holds together well, toasts well and is fantastic. Don't care what the packaging is like. Well done Country Life Bakery. Can you make fome good multigrain rolls now please??? Texture like a sour dough. Perhaps the loaves could be bigger.

Please remove soy! – Please remove soy so the rest of us can enjoy Country Life bread again! A few consumers are very fortunate in that they are not allergic to soy and for some strange reason actually seem to enjoy the taste etc...of the addition of soy to CLB. Be this as it may and good luck to them. Meanwhile CLB have lost many loyal customers ! Contains soy

Image you are showing is the old packaging – The image you're showing is out of date. However, this is the packaging I prefer. Easy to handle, soft and can be sealed easily, unlike the new style. I want to say I've been a huge fan of Country Life gluten free bread till now. The new style looks like Japanese fake food. Please bring back my favourite!! Gluten free Lack of moistness and softness, texture like plastic foam, cardboard-like crust, lack of flavour.

The best of the whole range – Since using Country Life Bakery Gluten Free Multigrain I have found it the best of the lot. It lasts a good amount of time and doesn't break apart as much as the white or other brands. It is best toasted but am not a fan of freezing it. But I really don't understand why they changed the packaging. Its now very difficult to store . I sincerely think they should change it once again !! Texture & taste Expensive, packaging, runs out too quickly

New recipe & packaging – Liked the new and improved multigrain at first as it seemed to be fresher but in about the last month every loaf I have bought the bread has been breaking up. The loaf I have opened up today is the worst loaf by far because the bread all broke up, couldn't make a sandwich out of it so am taking it back to the store for a refund. Don't like the… Read more

white bread either, has a terrible texture. Don't mind the texture of the multigrain though. Stayed fresher for longer. Whole loaf all broke up & don't like the packaging.

Thank you country life! – I was diagonised as coeliac 4 years ago and didnt think i would ever eat a sandwich again......... I had tried loads of different brands of gf bread....... Some of them ok used as toast, some never to be purchased again...... I tried country life white & multigrain gf bread recently and i cant get enough :) I am eating this bread by the loaf,… Read more ·  1

morning noon & night. I love it! Thank you country life! I can now eat sandwiches again. Sometimes the bread slices tend to stick together, nothing a knife does not fix.

Bring back the old version – Loved the old version of Gluten Free breads by Country Life - especially the white & multigrain. Not so the new version. Bread has no body and the crusts taste like leather. Doesn't toast well - ends up like foam with no taste. Hard to keep fresh in current packaging. Doesn't freeze as well as the old version. Tastes terrible. Has no body. Crusts taste like leather. Doesn't toast well.

New recipe and packaging – I totally agree with Cath, the multigrain was my favourite GF bread on the market and easily available at Coles and Wollies. I find the 'improved' recipe to be dry and heavy and more expensive! Also the packaging it terrible, unsealable once opened, which means wasting more packaging to keep it from drying out or finding the right size container… Read more

to put it in (not found yet).

I wanted to write directly to Country Life but notice that their website is now one page with no links or email addresses, just a phone number (which I will call in case they don't read this!).

Country Life, please listen to your faithful customers, we are not all happy with the changes!

dry, heavy, expensive

New Recipe and Packaging – Most gluten free bread is awful and is always better toasted. However I used to love your multigrain bread the best either fresh or toasted, but I dont like the new recipe. I have also tried the white and another bread in your range and they too are not as good as the old recipe. I also hate the new packaging as you cannot seal it properly once… Read more

opened and the bread is packed in so tight you end up breaking it trying to get a slice out when you first open it. I have been loyal to your brand but Im currently looking elsewhere for a better tasting bread and better packaged bread. Sorry guys but another complaint - where I buy it from just to add insult to injury (as us gluten free people are pretty limited on choice) - they never have enough stock on their shelves and constantly run out :(

Bad Packaging. Bread doesnt taste as good as the older recipe.

The new bread is delicious, the new packaging is a nightmare – I have been eating country life bread for 4 years now. Although I enjoyed the old recipe, I find the new recipe even better. The bread slice is larger and stays fresher for longer. However, I used to enjoy the white, low GI and multigrain but with the new recipe the multigrain is the only one I like. The new unsealable packaging is terrible. I… Read more ·  1

have to use an array of pegs to seal it and be very careful to only open enough for one slice at a time as you can't reseal it. Great texture, stays fresh for longer New packaging

The new & improved Country life bread is truly improved! – For years I was eating gluten free ( in NZ ) and when I moved to AU the first bread I tried was Country life. I thought that it was the most discussing gluten free bread I have ever tasted. When not toasted it was just passable , but when toasted the horrible egg smell was so bad that I couldn't eat it. I started buying my bread from heath food… Read more

stores and never looked at Country life bread until few days ago.

What a surprise! Beautiful, soft bread and doesn't smell of eggs even after being toasted. From being the last choice on my gluten free list it became one of the top ones and I'll be glad to spend my money on it! Soft nice texture, good size loaf, smells nice and for gluten free bread reasonably priced

Country Life New and Improved <- It really is – I've tried many different gf breads - and this latest one from country life is really really good, on a number of levels. first is the texture - previously this was prone to crumbling, it was dry and really off putting - i stopped buying it but unfortunately this was the leading brand and often stocked at cafes so you could not get away from it -… Read more ·  2

this new texture is light years away from the old one, i think with the addition of quinoa, there is almost a stickyness to it, just pressing with your fingers reminds you of a really good "normal" bread. next is the taste, really nice with the addition of other grains, the 3rd is the size. its now a decent size (still small) but much bigger than before - you now feel like you are having a decent sandwich rather than a mini-sized version.

I used to only have the schar breads (too $$$) or the dench bakers GF bread (really good), but now i will only go with this new and improved country life - if you are a coliac and was put off before, its worth trying again. Texture, taste and size

New and UNimproved – I totally agree with ther commetns posted about the "new and improved" Country Life gluten free bread. To me it is inferior in every way to the old formulation. The packaging is impractical as there is no way of re-sealing or covering the bread and it seems to be stale very quickly even when covered in another plastic bag. The bread is much drier… Read more

and unacceptably crumbly - with many slices in every loaf cracking and breaking apart before even being taken out of the packaging. the cost has increased substantially, by about 15%. and when toasted in a sandwich/foccacia maker, the bread collapses down to a thin hard sandwich in a way the old product never used to do. Like others who have reviewed this product I had had the previous recipe for years and find this formulation quite unacceptable in comparison

Not an improvement at all – For many years I have been buying and enjoying the Country Life Multigrain bread from Country Life. Sadly I am writing to say how disappointed I am in the new recipe. For the first time in the 20+ years since I was diagnosed as a Coeliac, I had found a bread that could be eaten for the first day or two without having to toast it! A “fresh”… Read more

sandwich for the first time since 1989!!!! What a treat!

Sadly the new bread is not like this. When toasted it is a bit gluggy.

Not only the taste is disappointing, but the increase in price is too.

The loaf has gone from roughly $5.80 to $6.50 ... an increase of 70c for 2 extra slices.

Maybe the size of the slice is larger, but the reality is, “a slice is a slice”.

The packaging too is disappointing. Once the package is opened, then it will not re-seal, requiring the use of another plastic bag.

In a day and age where we are trying to reduce waste, this does not encourage such a thing.

Luckily I still have some of the “old” bread which I bought in bulk and froze.

I will be looking out for another brand in future which is more economical.

Gluggy, expensive

Preservatives 282 – I agree with all the comments about how this "new and improved" bread and packaging, is now just like eating rubber. But my biggest concern is that it now includes the preservative 282!!!! Please read up on this before giving this bread to children or those with serious allergies. I will be changing brands thats for sure. New package, new additives, new taste,

The best – This old version was great, the new stuff is so bad and too expensive for the price. Go back to the old one.