Swap guide: Bread

Most bread is made from wheat, one of the crops that can be treated with glyphosate shortly before harvest. Here is what the sources say, and the certified bread on ByeGly.

Why bread comes up

• Wheat can be treated before harvest. In Canada, pre-harvest glyphosate on wheat and barley was first registered in 1992, to be applied at 30% grain moisture or less, typically 7 to 14 days before harvest.¹ University of Minnesota Extension describes applying glyphosate to wheat at the hard dough stage, with a seven-day pre-harvest interval.²
• Grain products are tested. In its 2015-2016 survey, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) reported glyphosate detected in 36.6% of 869 grain product samples, with 3.9% above Canadian limits. CFIA said results above Canadian limits "were predominantly associated with grain products."³
• Rules differ by place. The European Commission says pre-harvest uses for desiccation are not permitted in the EU.⁴

See the spray calendar for wheat timing by region.

None of this tells you how a particular product was grown or made. That is what certifications are for. For what regulators have said about glyphosate, see Where agencies stand.

What to look for

• Glyphosate Residue Free or BioChecked Non-Glyphosate on the package: a lab did not detect glyphosate in the product at about 0.01 ppm. That is a detection limit, not zero, and it is not a health claim.
• USDA Certified Organic: glyphosate may not be used in organic crop production. It is not a residue test.
• Check the exact product. A certification covers the listed product, not everything a brand makes.

See How to read a label, Certifications explained and How we verify.

Certified bread on ByeGly

• Cappello's (Glyphosate Residue Free): Baguettes; Dinner Rolls with Herbs & Garlic; Focaccia with Rosemary & Sea Salt. Where to buy: retailers named on the brand's site: Sprouts Farmers Market, Whole Foods Market.
• Food For Life (BioChecked Non-Glyphosate): 7 Sprouted Grains Bread; 7 Sprouted Grains Cinnamon Raisin Bread; 7-Sprouted Grains English Muffins; Brown Rice Tortillas; Ezekiel 49 Sprouted Whole Grain Bread; Ezekiel 4:9 Cinnamon Raisin Sprouted Whole Grain Bread; Ezekiel 4:9 Cinnamon Raisin Sprouted Whole Grain English Muffins; Ezekiel 4:9 Flax Sprouted Whole Grain Bread; Ezekiel 4:9 Low Sodium Sprouted Whole Grain Bread; Ezekiel 4:9 Organic Sprouted Flourless Pita Bread; and 23 more on ByeGly. Where to buy: store locator.
• One Degree Organic Foods (BioChecked Non-Glyphosate): Flax and Spelt Bread; Lentil Grain Bread; Sesame Sunflower Bread. Where to buy: store locator.
• Rudi's (Glyphosate Residue Free): Rudis Daily Power Seeded Ancient Grain Protein Bread; Rudis Daily Power Sourdough Protein Bread; Rudis Daily Power White Protein Bread; Rudis Daily Power White Protein English Muffins; Rudis Gluten Free Daily Power Sourdough Protein Bread; Rudis Gluten Free Daily Power White Protein Bread; Rudis Organic Rocky Mountain Sourdough Bread. Where to buy: store locator; retailers named on the brand's site: Sprouts Farmers Market.
• Silver Hills Bakery (BioChecked Non-Glyphosate): Big Red’s Bread®; Full Seed Ahead®; Little Big Bread; Multigrain Bread; Omegamazing™; Organic Cinnamon Raisin Bagels; Organic Everything Bagels; Organic Plain Bagels; Organic Plain Sprouted Burger Buns; Organic Sesame Sunflower Bagels; and 7 more on ByeGly. Where to buy: store locator; retailers named on the brand's site: Amazon, Sprouts Farmers Market.

Only the exact products listed on ByeGly are certified as far as we can confirm. Other products from the same brand are not on our list unless they appear there.

Each listing on ByeGly shows the certification, a Source link to the brand page where we saw it, the date we last checked it, and a Buy link to the brand's own site. Where the brand's site has a store locator or names retailers, we show it next to the brand.

Related

• For home baking: see the flour guide.
• Brown rice breads and tortillas also appear in the rice guide.

Don't see what you buy? If it isn't listed, it's not on our list yet. Use Request a product to ask us to look at it. We add a listing only if we can confirm a named certification on the brand's own public site.

Sources

Product facts come from the live ByeGly product database (Supabase project byegly, public listings, read November 10, 2026). Product and certification names are shown as the brand writes them; where-to-buy details come from the brand's own site as recorded in that database.