You may assume that all white bread tastes the same. After all, out of all the different kinds of bread you can find at grocery stores and bakeries, white bread is perhaps the least varied. It's the kind of bread you use when you don't actually want to focus on the flavor of the bread itself but rather just need something with substance to carry the other ingredients in whatever it is you're making. That's why you may be surprised that there are more differences between different brands of white bread than you may assume. And since they all differ in terms of both flavor and texture, it may benefit you to know what you should expect when you try some of the most popular brands out there.

I tasted my way through eight different white bread brands and ranked them from worst to best. Although they're all similar in that they play essentially the same role in whatever you're using the bread for, their differing levels of quality mean that some brands may be better than others when you want to make a particularly good sandwich, slice of toast, or homemade croutons or breadcrumbs. I ranked these white bread brands according to both flavor and texture to help give you a better idea of what you're getting when you try each one. So, when you don't want to make your own homemade sandwich bread, take a closer look at this ranking to get a better sense of which brands you should try the next time you stop at the grocery store.