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Answers to the most frequently asked questions about Alvarado St. products:
What is sprouted wheat?

Do your products contain ingredients that have been genetically modified?
It says no added oil - does that mean fat free?
What about wheat allergies?
What about preservatives?
Do you have breads that are low in carbohydrates?
Do you make a biblical or “Ezekiel” style bread?
Do you make Whole Wheat bakery products?
Where can I find your products?
What stores in my area carry your product?
What is the story with those pesky new twist ties?
Can I order your bread directly from you?
Why are you called Alvarado Street Bakery when you are not on Alvarado Street?
And is there a story behind the cat on the sign?

What is sprouted wheat?
This really is the most commonly asked question from customers from coast to coast. Our sprouted breads, bagels, buns, pizzas, and tortillas are truly unique in that they are made with “sprouted wheat” as opposed to wheat flour. Most bakeries get up in the morning, open a bag of flour and make bread. At Alvarado Street Bakery, we take whole, organic wheat berries and soak them in filtered water until they “sprout”, until they actually begin to grow. When the water has been drained, we grind the “living sprouts” into dough. Add a little fresh yeast, some sea salt and a bit of sweetness (local honey, organic raisins, organic dates, pure barley malt) and there you have it, the ultimate bread!

The concept of baking bread with sprouted grains is not a new idea. In fact, it dates back to biblical times when sprouted spelt (what we now know as wheat) was combined with sprouted lentil beans and sprouted soybeans. The sprouting process naturally converts starchy grains into easily digested maltose and other complex sugars. There is an enzyme created during germination that beings to “pre-digest” the grains, thus, making the grains and their nutrients and vitamins more readily assimilated. The addition of the sprouted legumes provided the essential amino acids necessary for a complete protein. This mixture was then crushed, formed into ovals and slow-baked. Centuries later, it’s basically the same.
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Do your products contain ingredients that have been genetically modified?
Alvarado Street Bakery does not use any ingredient (including the soy based lecithin and corn) that have been genetically altered. We are in support of the growing movement here in the United States that wants the Federal government to insist that foods containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) be labeled.
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It says no added oil - does that mean fat free?
All of our sprouted breads and bagels are made without adding oil. The fat that’s listed on the nutritional facts panel is the natural oil that can be found in all whole grains.
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What about wheat allergies?
Many people in the world today have allergic reactions to wheat or have difficulty assimilating products made from wheat flour. During the process of sprouting wheat, there is an enzyme created that begins to “predigest” the wheat and many people have been found to be more tolerant of sprouted wheat products than of those produced from wheat flour.
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What about preservatives?
At Alvarado Street Bakery we never use chemical preservatives or additives of any kind, no dough conditioners, no bromides, nothing artificial. This natural approach leaves our products with a very short life. Whereas most breads don¹t freeze well, becoming dry and tasteless, our sprouted products do exceptionally well when stored frozen. This has enabled us to offer our products to customers throughout the United States and Canada who simply thaw and enjoy… the ultimate bread.

The result is a light textured, whole grain, flour-less bread that is both nutritious and delicious… the Ultimate Bread!
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Do you have breads that are low in carbohydrates?
Due to the sprouting process and the use of natural sweeteners many of our breads contain significantly less carbohydrates than traditional breads made with flour. The California Style, Multi-Grain, and the Soy Crunch contain 11 grams or less of carbohydrates per serving!
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Do you make a biblical or “Ezekiel” style bread ?
Our California Style Complete Protein Bread contains the essential ingredients as listed in Ezekiel Verse 4:9 in the Old Testament.
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Do you make Whole Wheat bakery products?
[INLINE] Sprouted Wheat Products give you the customer whole-wheat in is most nutritious form. All our products have whole wheat as the number one ingredient.
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Where can I find your products?
Alvarado Street Bakery products are available throughout the United States and Canada. We deliver our products fresh daily throughout Northern California. Our products can be found in many major supermarkets in the Greater Northeast and Colorado. We are available in most natural food stores in the United States. We are in the process of developing a comprehensive list of stores that carry our products for your convenience.
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What stores in my area carry your product?
You can find our organic sprouted products in most parts of the continental United States. You can even find us in some parts of Canada, Singapore, Japan, and Italy. We are in the process of developing a comprehensive database that will include all of our valued vendors.
In the greater San Francisco-Sacramento-San Jose Area (Northern California), we service most natural foods stores and supermarkets with our delicious products delivered fresh daily. The following list of stores is only a partial list of where you can now find our products : Raley’s (the entire chain), all Whole Foods Markets, Rainbow Grocery, Safeway, Albertsons, Mollie Stones, Andronicos Markets United Markets, Lunardis, Vallergas Markets, New Leaf Markets, Cala-Bell, Andronicos, Bel Air, Nob Hill, Costco, Draegers, Lunardis, Olivers, G&G market, Food for Less, Santa Rosa Community Market, Sacramento Natural Foods, Food for Thought, Davis Food Cooperative, Wild Oats Markets, Chico Natural Foods, New Leaf Markets, Real Foods, Berkley Bowl, and many many more stores.
Nationally, you can find our products (or at least be able to request them) in almost all natural food stores.
If you can’t find us, please ask as they can certainly order for you.
You can also find us in many supermarkets (in the deli or bakery section of the store) all across the country. In the Northeast you can find our products in Grand Union, Dagastino’s, Stop and Shop, Acme, King Kullen, Metrobasics, Food Emporium, Shoprite, Edwards, and other independent retailers. In Colorado you can find us in all Kings Soopers, and City Markets.
In Canada we are available through Wild West Organics and PSC Natural Foods on the West Coast. In Italy you can find our licensed product in natural food stores under the label Granki.
For your convenience we are developing a comprehensive database and plan to have it posted on this site in the near future.
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What is the story with those pesky new twist ties?
For your added safety we have installed metal detectors at the end of our production lines to insure you the customer get not only a healthful product, but also a safe product. In order to place these detectors at the end of the line we were forced to use twist ties that did not contain metal. We recently have found a way to resituate the bread detector and will go back to the old twist ties as soon as possible.
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Can I order your bread directly from you?
Unfortunately we are currently not set up to ship to customers directly. We are investigating the feasibility of this at the moment. If it is possible we will certainly implement a system that will help those who live in areas where you cannot buy our bread, to have access to the ULTIMATE BREAD.
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Why are you called Alvarado Street Bakery when you are not on Alvarado Street?
[INLINE] When we were thinking on a name to call the bakery we ran a “name the bakery” contest in the community. We sat down with all the entered names and came close to being called “Bread and Circuses” (we do have the required amount of clowns here!). But as we sat there pondering a choice someone said, “Hey why not Alvarado Street Bakery just like the sign sitting on top of the flour bags?” (an Alvarado Street sign from Los Angeles had found its way into the bakery from a slight fender bender done by a co-worker). The name resonated and we knew that this was the name for us. The sign still sits over our ovens as a talisman of good fortune under which all our bread passes daily.
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And is there a story behind the cat on the sign?
Back in the days of yore we had a bakery cat that lived in and around the bakery. Her name was Greta and she was part of our hippie organic pest management program (we have changed and improved tremendously over the years and are very proud of our current food safety/hygiene program!).
[INLINE] She used to sleep on the bags of flour right below the Alvarado Street sign. She lived a full life and is now immortalized on all of our packaging. She would be especially proud of the work her skateboarding nephew Scooter is doing with our newest product Ultimate Kids Bread. Check him out on the coolest-hippest bread in the land. Who says whole grain can’t be the bomb?
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