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Uncategorized Monday, February 28th 2011 at 5:07 pm

Color Code Reveals When Bread Was Baked

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Because looking for the expiration date on the bag takes way too long: WiseBread tells us that a commonly used (though not legally binding) system among bread makers allows consumers to figure out the day of the week that a given loaf of bread was baked by glancing at the color of the twist-tie that wraps it. Blue is for Monday, green is for Tuesday, red is for Thursday, white is for Friday, and yellow is for Saturday. (Apparently, by custom, fresh bread was not delivered on Wednesdays and Sundays.) The colors proceed in alphabetical order, B-G-R-W-Y.

Though this scheme gets the “true” verdict from Snopes, use it to guide your bread-purchasing habits at your own peril: Apparently, the bread color code can vary by region and country. Snopes recommends that you “Contact the manufacturer of your favorite brand and ask what (if any) color-coded tag system they adhere to and what their delivery schedule to your favorite store is, then let your selection be guided by that,” though that sounds like it’s taking it a little far.

(WiseBread via Consumerist)

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  • Joe Blow

    Actually, what Snopes says is that the colors vary by bakery, so even within one store it will vary if they carry more than one bakery’s bread.

  • http://www.makemoneyideeas.webatu.com/ Radovnik V

    I like the idea with the different colours for every day.It’s very unique.

  • brdmnofkc

    The color tie dose not tell you when the bread was made. It tells the bread men when to pick it up. Since most bread now has a 7 day code you can tell the freshest by the color. Bread is delivered 5 days a week M-Tue-Thur-Fri-Sat.
    What is delivered on Monday is picked up the following Monday, and so on the rest if the week. Color of ties used by one company may not be the colors used by another. One company is this: Yellow, Green, Red, White, Blue.