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by hollerith 742 days ago
The "Malt flour" in your bread is probably mostly sugar:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malt#:~:text=modifying%20the%2....

Also, it is pretty easy to buy bread not containing sugar in the US.

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Malt flour contains 6-20% of sugar according to a German source I've found, so together with its low rank in the ingredient list, it's not a whole lot of sugar.