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Sandwich bread: what's actually in it?

This page covers sliced sandwich loaf bread only — white, wholemeal, multigrain and milk bread sold as sliced loaves. Not buns, rolls, baguettes or artisan loaves, even when a bakery also sells those.

The short answer: every sliced loaf checked here is built the same way — wheat flour (or wholemeal wheat flour), water, sugar, palm shortening, yeast, salt, dough conditioners and calcium propionate, plus added B vitamins and iron in the "enriched" loaves. The differences are which flour comes first, how much wholemeal is actually in it, whether milk powder is added, and which extra grains or sweeteners appear.

This page does not give a health score, a ranking, or a "best" pick. It shows the ingredient list as printed, flags sugar, fat and allergens, and explains the jargon in plain English.

The headline, in 30 seconds

"Wholemeal" does not always mean the loaf is mostly wholemeal. FairPrice Wholemeal Junior starts with wholemeal wheat flour but states only 29% wholegrains; Gardenia Fine Grain starts with "wholemeal wheat flour with bran and wheatgerm" plus refined wheat flour second. Only Sunshine Ultra Fine Wholemeal and Gardenia 100% Wholemeal Extra Soft & Fine claim 100% wholemeal flour as their flour base — and the Gardenia 100% list below comes from a non-Singapore Open Food Facts listing, so verify the SG pack.
Every loaf here adds sugar — sucrose, cane sugar, granulated sugar or fructose — usually third or fourth on the list. "Low sugar" on a label (Sunshine Ultra Fine) still means cane sugar is in the list; it means less of it, not none of it.
Fat is almost always palm shortening. Gardenia white is the exception in wording — "vegetable oil (palm)" rather than "vegetable shortening (palm)" — but it is palm in both cases.
Milk is the quiet divider. Gardenia white and Gardenia wholemeal loaves contain skimmed milk powder; FairPrice white and most Sunshine loaves do not list milk as an ingredient (FairPrice white says "may contain milk" as a trace warning, which is different from milk as an ingredient).
Enriched means vitamins added back. "Enriched" loaves list thiamine (B1), riboflavin (B2), niacin (B3) and iron — added after milling, not naturally present at those levels in refined flour.

At a glance

Product	First flour	Added sugar?	Notable flags	Pack size (as printed)	Country of manufacture (as printed)
Gardenia Enriched White Bread	Wheat flour (unbleached)	Yes — sucrose + dextrose	Milk powder; palm oil; calcium propionate	600g	Singapore
FairPrice Enriched White Bread	Enriched high-protein wheat flour	Yes — sugar	Soy flour; may contain milk/nuts (trace)	400g	Singapore
Gardenia 100% Wholemeal Extra Soft & Fine	Wholemeal wheat flour	Yes — sucrose (+ honey in this listing)	Milk powder; inulin; non-SG listing — verify SG pack	not stated	not stated
Gardenia Fine Grain Wholemeal	Wholemeal wheat flour with bran & wheatgerm	Yes — honey	Milk powder; inulin	not stated	not stated
Gardenia Super Soft Wholemeal White	Wholemeal wheat flour, then wheat flour	Yes — sucrose	Milk powder	not stated	not stated
Gardenia Wholemeal (600g, SG listing)	Wholemeal wheat flour	No sugar word in list — honey instead	Milk powder; vitamin C	600g	not stated
Sunshine Enriched Softmeal Whole Grain	Wheat flour, then wholemeal wheat flour	Yes — sugar	Soy flour; oat fibre; sorbitol	not stated	not stated
Sunshine 100% Whole Grains Ultra Fine Wholemeal	Wholemeal wheat flour	Yes — cane sugar (small)	Soy flour; sorbitol; oat fibre	not stated	not stated
Sunshine Australian Oat Soft Grain Wholemeal	Wholegrains (whole wheat flour + rolled oats)	Yes — cane sugar + honey	Soy; traces of milk/nuts	not stated	not stated
FairPrice Wholemeal Bread — Junior	Wholemeal wheat flour (29% wholegrains)	Yes — cane sugar	Soy flour	not stated	not stated
FairPrice Wholemeal Bread (500g, non-Junior)	Wholemeal flour (55% wholemeal wheat flour)	Yes — sugar	Soy flour; secondary-source list — verify SG pack	500g	not stated
FairPrice Low GI Bread — Multigrain	Water first; multigrain blend; wheat flour	Yes — fructose + malt	Milk powder; sesame/sunflower/flax seeds; gluten, soy	400g	Singapore
Top One Enriched Bread — Multi-Grain	Enriched high-protein wheat flour	Yes — granulated cane sugar	Soy flour; toasted kibbled corn, linseed, malted wheat/barley flakes	500g	not stated
Sunshine Hokkaido Milk Toast Bread	Enriched high-protein wheat flour	Yes — granulated cane sugar	Milk powder (incl. Hokkaido whole milk powder); flavouring	400g	not stated

Prices are deliberately not shown here: they change weekly and would go stale. This site compares ingredients only.

White sandwich bread

Gardenia Enriched White Bread (FairPrice ingredient section, Singapore origin)

Pack size: 600g · Made in: Singapore (as printed)

Ingredients: Wheat Flour (Unbleached), Sucrose, Vegetable Oil (Palm), Skimmed Milk Powder, Common Salt, Dextrose, Baker's Yeast, Emulsifiers, Yeast Nutrients (Ammonium Sulphate, Sodium Chloride, Calcium Sulphate), Thiamine (Vitamin B1), Riboflavin (Vitamin B2), Niacin (Vitamin B3), Iron (Hydrogen Reduced Iron), Calcium Propionate

Gardenia describes this loaf as enriched with vitamins and minerals, fortified with calcium and iron. Note two sweeteners: sucrose second, dextrose later. Added sugar: sucrose, dextrose Fat: palm oil Allergen: wheat (gluten), milk

FairPrice Enriched White Bread (FairPrice ingredient section, Singapore origin)

Pack size: 400g · Made in: Singapore (as printed)

Ingredients: Enriched High Protein Wheat Flour, Water, Sugar, Vegetable Shortening (Palm), Baker's Yeast, Salt, Wheat Gluten, Calcium (Calcium Carbonate and Calcium Sulphate), Oat Fibre, Dough Conditioners (E471, E472e, E481i, Amylase, Hemicellulase, Lipase), Calcium Propionate, Soya Flour, Ascorbic Acid, Vitamin B3 (Niacinamide), Iron (Ferric Phosphate), Vitamin B1 (Thiamin Mononitrate) and Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin)

Allergen advice on the listing: contains gluten and soy; may contain nuts and milk. The "may contain milk" is a trace warning, not milk as an ingredient — unlike Gardenia white, which lists skimmed milk powder. Added sugar: sugar Fat: palm shortening Allergen: gluten, soy

Wholemeal / whole wheat sandwich bread

Gardenia 100% Wholemeal Extra Soft & Fine Bread — non-Singapore listing, verify SG pack

Pack size: not stated · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients: Wholemeal Wheat flour, sucrose, Wheat gluten, skimmed milk powder, vegetable oil (palm), common salt, malt, emulsifiers, Baker's yeast, inulin (prebiotic), honey, calcium propionate, yeast nutrients (ammonium sulphate, sodium chloride, calcium sulphate), calcium carbonate, edible gum, flavouring, thiamine (vitamin B1), riboflavin (vitamin B2), niacin (vitamin B3), iron (hydrogen reduced iron)

This Open Food Facts listing is marked as sold in France, not Singapore, so it is not quoted as the SG pack list — but it is the only full list found for this named Gardenia product, and its structure (wholemeal flour first, sucrose second, honey also present) is the reason to verify the SG pack rather than assume the SG loaf is sugar-free because it says 100% wholemeal. SG-facing Shopee listings for the same product name describe it as 45% lower in sugar with stevia leaf extract and inulin — a different sweetener story from this listing, which reinforces the need for a SG pack check. Added sugar: sucrose, honey (in this listing) Allergen: gluten, milk

Gardenia Fine Grain Wholemeal Bread

Pack size: not stated · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients: Wholemeal wheat flour with bran and wheatgerm, wheat flour (unbleached), honey, wheat gluten, oat fibre, vegetable oil (palm), skimmed milk powder, common salt, Baker's yeast, inulin (prebiotic), emulsifiers, yeast nutrients (ammonium sulphate, sodium chloride, calcium sulphate), edible gum, thiamine (vitamin B1), riboflavin (vitamin B2), niacin (vitamin B3), iron (hydrogen reduced iron), calcium propionate

Wholemeal first, but refined wheat flour second — this is a wholemeal-led blend, not a 100%-wholemeal-flour loaf. Sweetener here is honey, not sucrose. Added sugar: honey Allergen: gluten, milk

Gardenia Super Soft Wholemeal White Bread (Singapore, via RedMart/Open Food Facts)

Pack size: not stated · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients: Wholemeal wheat flour, wheat flour (unbleached), sucrose, wheat gluten, skimmed milk powder, common salt, emulsifiers, Baker's yeast, dextrose, vegetable oil (palm), calcium propionate, thiamine (vitamin B1), riboflavin (vitamin B2), niacin (vitamin B3), iron (hydrogen reduced iron), calcium carbonate

Despite "white" in the name, wholemeal flour comes first. This is the "wholemeal but looks white" loaf — check the flour order, not the colour. Added sugar: sucrose, dextrose Allergen: gluten, milk

Gardenia Wholemeal Bread — 600g (Singapore Open Food Facts listing)

Pack size: 600g · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients: Wholemeal wheat flour, wheat gluten, honey, vegetable oil (palm), skimmed milk powder, Baker's yeast, common salt, dextrose, emulsifiers, yeast nutrients (ammonium sulphate, sodium chloride, calcium sulphate), thiamine (vitamin B1), riboflavin (vitamin B2), niacin (vitamin B3), iron (hydrogen reduced iron), vitamin C, calcium propionate

Shorter and simpler than the Extra Soft & Fine list — no inulin, no flavouring, no calcium carbonate. The same brand sells several wholemeal loaves with different lists; do not assume one Gardenia wholemeal list covers another. Added sugar: honey, dextrose Allergen: gluten, milk

Sunshine Enriched Softmeal Whole Grain Bread (Singapore, via RedMart/FairPrice, Open Food Facts)

Pack size: not stated · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients: Wheat flour, water, wholemeal wheat flour, sugar, wheat gluten, vegetable shortening (palm), oat fibre, baker's yeast, sorbitol, vacuum dried salt, dough conditioner [plant-based emulsifiers, enzymes (amylase, hemicellulase, lipase)], calcium propionate, soya flour, calcium (calcium sulphate, calcium carbonate), ascorbic acid, vitamin B3 (niacin), iron (ferric phosphate), vitamin B1 (thiamine), vitamin B2 (riboflavin)

Refined wheat flour first, wholemeal third — "softmeal whole grain" here means wholemeal is present, not dominant. Added sugar: sugar Fat: palm shortening Allergen: gluten, soy

Sunshine 100% Whole Grains Ultra Fine Wholemeal Bread (Singapore, Open Food Facts)

Pack size: not stated · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients: Wholemeal Wheat Flour, Wheat Gluten, Cane Sugar, Sorbitol, Oat Fibre, Vegetable Shortening (Palm), Salt, Baker's Yeast, Dough Conditioner (Amylase, Hemicellulase, Lipase), Calcium Propionate, Calcium (Calcium Carbonate, Calcium Sulfate), Soya Flour, Ascorbic Acid, Iron (Ferric Phosphate), Vitamin B3 (Niacin), Vitamin B1 (Thiamine), Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin)

Wholemeal flour first and no refined wheat flour in the list — the cleanest wholemeal structure among the Sunshine loaves. Cane sugar is still third, though the listing is labelled low-sugar. Added sugar: cane sugar Allergen: gluten, soy

Sunshine Australian Oat Soft Grain Wholemeal Bread (Singapore, via RedMart, Open Food Facts)

Pack size: not stated · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients: Wholegrains (Whole Wheat Flour, Rolled Oats from Australia), Cane Sugar, Wheat Gluten, Oat Fibre, Baker's Yeast, Salt, Dough Conditioners [Plant-Based Emulsifiers and Enzymes (Amylase, Hemicellulase, Lipase)], Wheat Bran, Calcium Sulphate, Calcium Propionate, Australian Rolled Oats, Honey, Vegetable Shortening (Palm), Calcium Carbonate, Soya Flour, Iron (Ferric Phosphate), Ascorbic Acid, Vitamin B3 (Niacin), Vitamin B1 (Riboflavin), Vitamin B2 (Thiamine)

Two sweeteners (cane sugar second, honey later) and oats in two places (in the wholegrains blend and again as Australian rolled oats). Allergens: gluten, soybeans; traces: milk, nuts. Added sugar: cane sugar, honey Allergen: gluten, soy

FairPrice Wholemeal Bread — Junior (Singapore, Open Food Facts)

Pack size: not stated · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients: Wholemeal wheat flour (29% wholegrains), Enriched wheat flour, Water, Wheat bran, Cane sugar, wheat gluten, Vegetable shortening (palm), Oat fibre, Salt, Sorbitol, Baker's yeast, Dough conditioners (plant-based emulsifiers [E471, E472e, E481], enzymes (amylase, hemicellulase, lipase)), Calcium (calcium sulphate, calcium carbonate), Calcium propionate, Soya flour, Iron (ferric phosphate), Ascorbic acid, Vitamin B3 (niacinamide), Vitamin B1 (thiamin mononitrate), Vitamin B2 (riboflavin)

The 29% wholegrains figure is the key number: this is a smaller loaf marketed for children ("Junior"), and its wholegrain share is stated on the pack — most other loaves do not state one. Added sugar: cane sugar Allergen: gluten, soy

FairPrice Wholemeal Bread — 500g (non-Junior) — secondary-source list, verify SG pack

Pack size: 500g · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients: Flour [Wholemeal Flour (Contains Bran & Wheat Germ), Enriched High Protein Wheat Flour], Water, Sugar, Malt Extract From Barley, Vegetable Shortening (Palm), Baker's Yeast, Salt, Wheat Bran, Wheat Gluten, Soya Flour, Dough Conditioners (E471, E472e, E481i, Amylase, Hemicellulase, Lipase), Calcium Propionate, Ascorbic Acid, Calcium (Calcium Carbonate, Calcium Sulphate), Malted Wheat Flour, Vitamin B3 (Niacinamide), Iron (Ferric Phosphate), Vitamin B1 (Thiamin Mononitrate) and Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin). Allergen advice: Contains gluten and soy.

FairPrice describes this loaf as "Made with 55% wholemeal wheat flour". This is the non-Junior 500g wholemeal loaf — a different product from the Junior loaf panelled above, which states only 29% wholegrains and lists enriched wheat flour second. Source note: this list is corroborated by two secondary sources (abillion product page; TryAndReview FairPrice housebrand wholemeal page), not by a FairPrice ingredient section retrieved in this pass — so it is flagged secondary and the SG pack must be checked. Added sugar: sugar Fat: palm shortening Allergen: gluten, soy

Multigrain and milk bread

FairPrice Low GI Bread — Multigrain (FairPrice ingredient section, Singapore origin)

Pack size: 400g · Made in: Singapore (as printed)

Ingredients: Water, Multigrain Blend (Flaxseed, Purple Wheat Flakes, Corn Grits, Rye Flakes, Triticale, Barley Flakes, Millets, Sunflower Seeds, Sesame Seeds, Rolled Oats, Whole Spelt, Quinoa), Wheat Flour (Unbleached), Wholemeal Wheat Flour, Wheat Gluten, Wheat Germ, Wheat Bran, Fructose, Malt, Skimmed Milk Powder, Salt, Palm Oil, Emulsifiers (E472e, E471, E481, E482), Yeast Nutrients (Ammonium Sulphate, Sodium Chloride, Calcium Sulphate), Baker's Yeast, Calcium Propionate, Vitamin B1 (Thiamine), Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin), Vitamin B3 (Niacin) and Hydrogen Reduced Iron

Water comes first here — unusual for a loaf — because the multigrain blend is listed before the flours. Fructose and malt are the sweeteners; the grain list (flax, rye, triticale, barley, spelt, quinoa) is the longest on this page. Contains 30% wholegrains per FairPrice copy. Added sugar: fructose, malt Allergen: gluten (wheat, rye, barley, spelt), sesame, milk

Top One Enriched Bread — Multi-Grain (FairPrice ingredient section)

Pack size: 500g · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients: Enriched High Protein Wheat Flour, Purified Water, Wheat Bran, Granulated Cane Sugar, Multigrains (Toasted Kibbled Corn, Brown Linseed, Malted Wheat Flake, Barley Flake), Vital Wheat Gluten, Vegetable Shortening (Palm), Baker's Yeast, Vacuum Dried Salt, Dough Conditioners [Plant-based Emulsifiers and Enzymes (Amylase, Hemicellulase, Lipase)], Calcium Propionate, Calcium (Calcium Carbonate, Calcium Sulphate), Soya Flour, Ascorbic Acid, Vitamin B3 (Niacin), Iron (Ferric Phosphate), Vitamin B1 (Thiamine), Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin)

Refined flour first, multigrains as a blend item after bran and sugar — a multigrain-flavoured white loaf structure rather than a wholegrain-led loaf. Added sugar: granulated cane sugar Allergen: gluten, soy

Sunshine Hokkaido Milk Toast Bread (FairPrice ingredient section)

Pack size: 400g · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients: Enriched High Protein Wheat Flour, Purified Water, Granulated Cane Sugar, Milk Powder (Full Cream Milk Powder, Hokkaido Whole Milk Powder), Vital Wheat Gluten, Vegetable Shortening (Palm), Baker's Yeast, Vacuum Dried Salt, Dough Conditioner [Plant-based Emulsifiers and Enzymes (Amylase, Hemicellulase, Lipase)], Permitted Flavouring, Calcium Propionate, Calcium (Calcium Sulphate, Calcium Carbonate), Soya Flour, Ascorbic Acid, Iron (Ferric Phosphate), Vitamin B3 (Niacin), Vitamin B1 (Thiamine), Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin)

The milk-bread example: milk powder is fourth, and it is specifically full-cream + Hokkaido whole milk powder. "Permitted flavouring" is also listed, which plain white loaves do not carry. Added sugar: granulated cane sugar Allergen: gluten, soy, milk

Seen but not verified — do not panel until checked:

Bonjour range — Enriched White Bread, 12-Grain Loaf, Sprouted Extra Fine Grain Bread with Prebiotic, Enriched Milk Bread, Soft Wholemeal Bread — widely sold at FairPrice/Cold Storage (Bonjour is a Sunshine Bakeries brand, in market since 1998); no full ingredient list was retrieved in this pass or in the 5 November 2026 re-audit — the Open Food Facts Singapore entry for Bonjour white bread (8886325702001) has no ingredients, and bonjour.sg gives nutrition only. Brand nutrition figures are now recorded in the nutrition section below (Enriched White, 12-Grain, Sprouted Extra Fine Grain, Enriched Milk per 100 g; Soft Wholemeal per serving only, secondary source). Ingredient lists remain the page's biggest gap.
Sunshine Enriched Soft White Bread, Sunshine Smart Carb Low GI Bread, Sunshine Extra Fine Sprouted White Bread, Sunshine 100% Wholemeal with Sunflower Seeds — product names confirmed from Sunshine/FairPrice coverage; no full verbatim lists retrieved. Partial nutrition for Enriched Soft White is now recorded in the nutrition section (sugars 4.91 g, protein 10.18 g, salt 1.07 g per 100 g, Open Food Facts); its ingredient list is still unverified.
FairPrice Hi-Fibre White Bread, FairPrice California Raisin Bread, FairPrice Multigrain Wholemeal Bread — named in FairPrice house-brand coverage; raisin/multigrain variants would be separate rows if panelled, and raisin bread is arguably a flavoured loaf, not a plain sandwich loaf.
Gardenia High Fibre Whole Wheat 600g, Gardenia Junior Fine Grain Wholemeal — names seen in FairPrice listings; full lists not retrieved (do not borrow the Fine Grain or Junior lists above for these).
Giant, Sheng Siong, Cold Storage house-brand, Donki, Meidi-Ya, Mustafa, Le Petit Depot, Little Farms, RedMart bakery, Lazada/Shopee sandwich loaves — not inventoried for bread in this pass beyond the RedMart/FairPrice listings above; Little Farms and import bakeries are the likeliest gap for sourdough-style sandwich loaves.

Nutrition — what the numbers say

All figures below are per 100 g as sold, unless the Basis column says otherwise. Salt = sodium × 2.5: the Sodium column shows sodium as printed, with the salt equivalent in brackets. Where a source prints salt only, sodium is shown with ≈ as salt ÷ 2.5. Sugars figures are total sugars as printed, not added sugars: the ingredient list remains the evidence for which sweeteners (sucrose, cane sugar, honey, dextrose, fructose) were added. No Nutri-Grade is assigned here, and no health score or ranking is given. Where a source prints only some columns, the rest are shown as "not stated", not estimated.

Product	Basis	Energy	Protein	Total fat	Saturated fat	Carbohydrate	Sugars	Sodium (salt equiv.)
Gardenia Enriched White Bread	Per 100 g	254 kcal	11 g	2.0 g	0.9 g	47.6 g	4.0 g	441 mg (salt 1.10 g)
Gardenia Fine Grain Wholemeal Bread	Per 100 g	1013 kJ (242 kcal)	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated	3.5 g	≈344 mg (salt 0.86 g as printed)
Gardenia Super Soft Wholemeal White Bread	Per 100 g	1020 kJ (244 kcal)	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated	4.74 g	≈388 mg (salt 0.97 g as printed)
Gardenia Wholemeal Bread (600 g)	Per 100 g (sodium only verified)	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated	298 mg (salt 0.75 g)
Sunshine 100% Whole Grains Ultra Fine Wholemeal Bread	Per 100 g	932 kJ (223 kcal)	14.7 g	3.51 g	1.58 g	32.8 g	4.91 g	≈393 mg (salt 0.98 g as printed)
Sunshine Australian Oat Soft Grain Wholemeal Bread	Per 100 g	867 kJ (207 kcal)	11.6 g	2.81 g	1.23 g	35.4 g	4.56 g	≈412 mg (salt 1.03 g as printed)
Bonjour Enriched White Bread (brand official, nutrition only — ingredients unverified)	Per 100 g	265 kcal	10 g	2.2 g	1.0 g	51 g	not stated	426 mg (salt 1.07 g)
Bonjour 12-Grain Loaf (brand official, nutrition only — ingredients unverified)	Per 100 g	219 kcal	11.2 g	3.7 g	not stated	35.1 g	not stated	450 mg (salt 1.13 g)
Bonjour Sprouted Extra Fine Grain Bread with Prebiotic (brand official, nutrition only — ingredients unverified)	Per 100 g	222 kcal	10.8 g	2.1 g	not stated	40.0 g	not stated	356 mg (salt 0.89 g)
Bonjour Enriched Milk Bread (brand official, nutrition only — ingredients unverified)	Per 100 g	252 kcal	10.3 g	1.5 g	not stated	53.3 g	not stated	430 mg (salt 1.08 g)
Sunshine Enriched Soft White Bread (partial panel — ingredients unverified)	Per 100 g	not stated	10.18 g	not stated	not stated	not stated	4.91 g	≈428 mg (salt 1.07 g as printed)
Bonjour Soft Wholemeal Bread (secondary, per serving only — ingredients unverified)	Per serving (2 slices, 53 g) — per serving, not per 100 g	150 kcal	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated

Conflicts / flags: Gardenia Enriched White sugars are 4.0 g per 100 g on the brand's Singapore page but 3.7 g on an Open Food Facts panel, with sodium 441 mg vs 438 mg — the table uses the brand page. Sunshine Australian Oat salt is 1.03 g in one Open Food Facts listing and 0.956 g in another (sodium about 412 vs 382 mg), with carbohydrate 35.4 vs 36.8 g. Gardenia Fine Grain and Super Soft rows are partial Open Food Facts panels: only energy, sugars and salt were verified for those rows. Gardenia Wholemeal 600 g: only sodium (298 mg per 100 g, from a Singapore sodium survey) was verified; its other columns are not stated. Bonjour rows are brand-official (bonjour.sg) per-100 g figures with sugars not stated — the brand site gives no sugars column. Bonjour Enriched White conflicts with an older FatSecret entry (140 kcal per 53 g serving vs the brand's 151 kcal per 57 g serving); the table uses the brand site. Bonjour Soft Wholemeal is a per-serving-only secondary figure (FatSecret, 150 kcal per 2 slices / 53 g) — not a per-100 g row and not comparable with the per-100 g rows. Sunshine Enriched Soft White is a partial Open Food Facts row (sugars, protein, salt only).

As observed numbers only: among the per-100 g rows above, sugars run from 3.5 g (Gardenia Fine Grain Wholemeal) to 4.91 g (Sunshine Ultra Fine Wholemeal and Sunshine Enriched Soft White), and sodium from 298 mg (Gardenia Wholemeal 600 g) to 450 mg (Bonjour 12-Grain Loaf). The Bonjour Soft Wholemeal per-serving row is not comparable with the per-100 g rows. These are observed panel figures, not a ranking.

Seen but not verified (nutrition): FairPrice Enriched White Bread, Gardenia 100% Wholemeal Extra Soft & Fine Bread, Sunshine Enriched Softmeal Whole Grain Bread, FairPrice Wholemeal Bread (Junior), FairPrice Low GI Bread (Multigrain), Top One Enriched Bread (Multi-Grain), Sunshine Hokkaido Milk Toast Bread, FairPrice Wholemeal Bread (500 g, non-Junior) — no nutrition panel was verified for these in this pass, so no figures are shown for them.

How to read an ingredient list — the jargon, in plain English

Enriched flour / enriched bread: Refined flour with B vitamins (thiamine B1, riboflavin B2, niacin B3) and iron added back after milling. It does not mean wholemeal, and it does not mean the bread is unprocessed.
Wholemeal vs whole wheat vs whole grain: In Singapore labelling these overlap: wholemeal/whole wheat flour is milled from the whole grain (bran, germ, endosperm). "Whole grain" on a loaf can mean wholemeal flour is present, not that it is the only flour — check position and any stated percentage.
Dough conditioner: Emulsifiers (E471, E472e, E481) and enzymes (amylase, hemicellulase, lipase) that improve softness, volume and shelf life. Present in almost every sliced loaf on this page.
Calcium propionate: A mould inhibitor (preservative) that keeps sliced bread from going mouldy in a few days. Present in every loaf panelled here.
Sorbitol: A sugar alcohol used as a humectant/sweetener in several Sunshine and FairPrice loaves. It is not table sugar, but it is a sweetener — and in larger amounts it can have a laxative effect, which is why it is worth flagging rather than ignoring.
Inulin (prebiotic): A soluble fibre (from chicory root, usually) added to Gardenia wholemeal loaves. The "prebiotic" claim is the brand's claim, quoted as such, not a finding of this page.
Low GI: Glycaemic index claim for the FairPrice multigrain loaf. This page does not verify GI values — it only records that the loaf is marketed as low-GI and what its ingredients are.
Sucrose / dextrose / fructose / cane sugar: All added sugars, listed under different names. Sucrose is table sugar; dextrose is glucose; fructose is fruit sugar (here, added, not from fruit); cane sugar is sugar from cane. A loaf with "no sucrose" can still contain dextrose or honey.

What this page is not

Not a health score, not a ranking, and not a "best bread" pick. A 100%-wholemeal loaf still contains added sugar in the lists above.
Not a taste test, and not a price comparison.
Not complete. Bonjour — one of the three big Singapore sandwich brands — still has no verified ingredient list (its brand nutrition figures are now recorded, but no list), and Giant/Sheng Siong/Cold Storage house loaves were not inventoried. That gap matters more than any single panel.
Not covering buns, rolls, baguettes, croissants, garlic bread or artisan/sourdough loaves, even when sold sliced.

Sources and method

Checked 5–6 November 2026 from: NTUC FairPrice product pages (ingredient sections for Gardenia Enriched White, FairPrice Enriched White, FairPrice Low GI Multigrain, Top One Multi-Grain, Sunshine Hokkaido Milk Toast); Open Food Facts Singapore listings for Gardenia Fine Grain, Super Soft Wholemeal White, Wholemeal 600g, Sunshine Softmeal/Ultra Fine/Australian Oat, FairPrice Wholemeal Junior. Full per-fact source list is in the accompanying research notes. Where a full Singapore pack list could not be verified — notably Gardenia 100% Extra Soft & Fine — the page says so instead of filling the gap. Nutrition added 5–6 November 2026: per-100 g standard, total sugars as printed (not added sugars), sodium with salt equivalent (salt = sodium × 2.5). Re-audit 5 November 2026: added the FairPrice Wholemeal Bread 500g (non-Junior) panel (secondary-source list, SG pack to verify) and Bonjour brand nutrition rows (Enriched White, 12-Grain, Sprouted Extra Fine Grain, Enriched Milk per 100 g; Soft Wholemeal per serving only, secondary) plus a partial Sunshine Enriched Soft White nutrition row; 14 products panelled, up from 13. Bonjour ingredient lists remain unverified — Open Food Facts SG entry 8886325702001 has no ingredients and bonjour.sg gives nutrition only.