Here's the thing...I am in the Bay Area, and GF or not, lots of bakeries fail at good, real SF sourdough...The fact these folks even attempt is beyond me. That said, this bread rocks!! I can totally live without bread. Yes, I miss a freshly baked dinner roll at dinner, but really to me, bread is a vessel for goodness...like butter...or homemade jelly...I digress...BUT, when I go through the effort to make a sandwich (and I make epic dogwoods!! Seriously legendary) I want a bread that will hold all the goodness and not break down. I frankly, don't even care about the taste because I have plenty of flavor between the bread. I had given up on texture, because, hello?!?! the gluten makes the texture of bread. This bread delivers. The highest compliment I can give is this...I didn't plan very well and ordered 3 items to take full advantage of the shipping cost. These items arrived the day before I left on a business trip, so I just threw em in the fridge and kicked myself. I arrive home, 3 days after they have ARRIVED, and my husband has made pepper steak sandwiches. Now, if you have never had a real pepper steak sandwich, I am so sad for you. They consist of thinly sliced BBQ'd tri tip beef, topped with peppers and onions. Really good pepper steaks are slathered in butter and olive oil. It will get messy and you usually need a hearty roll. I threw caution to the wind and used this sourdough. My sandwich was amazing. My husband sat next to me and cursed his full gluten roll as it disintegrated after about 3 bites. My sandwich stayed intact till the last bite... and here's the kicker...the bread actually tastes good!! I tried a piece for toast the next morning...TOAST!! I just don't have toast because usually the GF bread is so bad in texture or flavor that it's inedible. Can you taste the sour dough...meh, kind of, but it's still far and away the best GF bread I've eaten. I know it's expensive, but the loaf is huge. There are at least 15 slices of various sizes. The middle portions would really only take one slice to make a good sized sandwich. To me, it's worth the convenience of being able to pack a sandwich with the rest of my family on road trips or picnics...there is only so much salad a person can eat!!! BONUS...they threw in a GF coconut macaroon and brownie...both great too!!

It's funny, when I was reading the reviews for this product before I bought it, several people talked about how expensive it was and I was puzzled -- the price really isn't much more than we pay for a "normal" (not GF) loaf of good sourdough. Well, I hadn't yet noticed that it is NOT eligible for Prime free shipping, and the shipping costs more than the bread, thus, indeed, making it a very expensive loaf of bread. BUT, I decided to give it a try and am so glad I did. Just ordered another loaf!

Of course it's not *exactly* like regular sourdough bread -- let's face it, NO gluten free bread is *quite* as good as regular since the gluten is the very thing that basically makes bread be bread. ;-) But this is very good and especially good if toasted or grilled (although I made a cold turkey and brie sandwich with it, too, that was quite good). Makes fabulous french toast, grilled sandwiches, etc. and for someone who needs to be GF, it's really wonderful to be able to eat somewhat "normally" for those things.

Someone in another review had suggested separating the slices with parchment (or wax paper) and freezing the loaf, then you can just pull off the slice or two that you need and I think that's a great idea. For this first loaf I was really "experimenting" (and one day was out of other bread so used it for my non-GF husband, too) so I didn't need to freeze it. It stayed plenty fresh in the fridge for the length of time it took me to use it up. But I might do that for this next loaf in order to stretch it out longer, given the cost.

All in all, definitely recommend!!

This is outstanding bread. It's actually the only gluten-free bread I know of that is also sourdough, so that's a great thing.

With that said, however, what I think it needs is either a little more sourdough culture or more fermenting time to make it a bit tangier, and also maybe a bit more non-gluten glueing agent to make it a bit lighter. If you've ever had the sourdough breads from Fresh Market, that should be the target standard of taste and texture. The gluten-free company Canyon Bakehouse has really perfected gluten-free bread, though to my knowledge they haven't attempted a gluten-free sourdough, as New Grains has. But their gluten-free texture is actually the best of all the gluten-free breads I've tried.

So if New Grains can achieve the cross between Canyon Bakehouse and Fresh Market's sourdough, they will have utterly nailed it completely. But as it stands now, their bread is extremely solidly, almost there, and still definitely worth buying in bulk.

Any one with Celiac's disease or gluten intolerance knows how hard it is to find good bread. Well your search is over. I feel in love with the sour dough bread after ordering it for our son who came home from combat as a disabled retired Marine. If your loved one suffers from CD you know how heart warming it is to see that BIG SMILE & hear those YUMMY sounds coming from a happy mouth. EVERYTHING is delicious - seriously!! Especially the tortillas & sour dough bread & the products last. The deserts are to die for but they are higher in sugar so we don't order these until a special occasion. Try the cookies if your torn on what to order. All the bread products are GREAT & extremely filling. It reminds me of GF bread we ate when we traveled through Spain.
If you want to know more about this company & if you can trust the product from cross contamination then watch the YouTube video on the owners story it will speak to your heart & give you the reassurance CD customers need.

We are forever grateful to the Lawson family, especially during this crazy Covid19 time.

Thank you SO MUCH for putting a BIG SMILE on our son's face (now our entire family) & making this moms heart so full.

We love your family & your products!
Stacey Moore
Charlotte, NC

I have tried quite a few gluten free breads. BUT! I totally miss sourdough. It's a thing for some of us to crave sour things.
I've only tried 2 "sourdough " gluten free brands and one actually tasted a bit like sourdough.
New Grains is a tasty quality bread, but it's not sourdough. No sour taste at all. The other brand that tastes sour is $10 a small loaf at Whole Foods. ( I'd buy that in bulk to get a discount. )

New Grains is very moist and unless you eat 2 loaves in a week, freeze one.
They say 3 weeks in fridge, but I wouldn't trust that. Mine developed pink spots within 10 days in the fridge. I contacted the company, but it's not an ingredient, and they said it was nearing the end of it's lifespan. So 10 days tops in the fridge.
So, good bread, but beware of it going bad. Maybe keep it constantly in the freezer...to protect your $25 bread investment.
I don't know about you, but I can't afford to throw that out...