No. We use only unbleached flour and do not use bromates in any form.
No. This is the site for Country Hearth Breads distributed throughout the Upper Midwest.
Our bread is baked at state-of-the-art, quality controlled bakeries in St. Cloud, Minn., Sun Prairie, Wis., and Fargo, ND.
Keep bread at room temperature (68 degrees Fahrenheit) in a cool, dry place, away from direct sunlight. We do not recommend storing bread in the refrigerator, as scientific studies have shown this draws out moisture causing the the bread to become stale faster.
Absolutely. When you know you won't be using all your bread right away, it can easily be frozen and enjoyed later. We recommend using your bread within one month of freezing.
Millions of Americans have food allergies, and for them, knowing exactly what's in their food can be a matter of life and death. At Country Hearth, our breads and buns are made with no dairy, eggs, or soy allergens, and are baked in our Fargo, ND, St. Cloud, MN, and Sun Prairie, WI facilities with no tree nuts or peanuts as ingredients.
Our bagels, croutons and Slender Rounds, and English muffins are baked for us at other bakeries that may contain dairy, peanuts, tree nuts, eggs, soy, fish and shellfish.
The FDA has recently included sesame as a major food allergen. In order to meet the requirements of the FDA with our current processes, Pan-O-Gold Baking Co. would need to conduct allergen cleaning (removal of all protein) and post cleaning allergen protein verification for all of the processing equipment before baking any breads and buns that do not include sesame seeds. This requirement was created by the FDA to assure food safety for those customers who would be affected.
To assure the safety of our products from cross-contamination the decision was made to simply make sesame common to all of the products and include the prescribed sesame allergen as a warning on all of the packaging labels. As part of that compliance, the FDA requires that the ingredient be present. Therefore, we will be adding trace amounts of sesame flour to all our bread and bun dough recipes.
We are sorry that this change to the FDA sesame labeling has brought us to this action, but it is better to assure food safety than to create potential risks to the health of those affected by sesame allergies.
As of June 2015 it has been removed from all products.
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When we expanded into the Wisconsin market in 1990, we didn’t own the rights to the trusted Country Hearth Bread brand for that distribution area. Needing another name for our same delicious bread, we selected Village Hearth.
Yes! We do our part to make sure our packaging is as earth-friendly as possible. So in addition to our bread and bun bags, even our twist ties are recyclable!
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The enzymes and monoglycerides included as ingredients in our bread and bun recipes are derived from plant sources only. In fact, all of the ingredients used in our bread and bun recipes are derived from plants except for those breads and buns that use honey which comes from bees.
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