How To Tell When Bread Was Baked
Have you ever wondered when that loaf of bread sitting on the grocery shelf was baked? Here's how you can tell.
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I often wondered why they used different colors on those tags and ties. When I was a kid, I had hundreds of bread clips on the spokes of my bicycle tires, but I just figured the colors were for variety.
As it turns out, they indicate when the loaf was baked. The standard is as follows:
- Blue: Monday
- Green: Tuesday
- Red: Thursday
- White: Friday
- Yellow: Saturday