Looking for the freshest bread in the grocery store? Then look no farther than the color of the tie holding the freshness in the bag. The colors serve a very specific purpose–telling consumers how fresh the bread is.
The origin of the color coding system is unknown but many stores use it to rotate fresh bread and remove older loaves.
The colors indicate what day of the week the bread was baked. The system is based on a five-day delivery schedule, with Wednesdays and Sundays generally skipped for baking.
Most bakeries use the following colors:
- Blue indicates the bread was baked on Monday.
- Green indicates the bread was baked on Tuesday.
- Red indicates the bread was baked on Thursday.
- White indicates the bread was baked on Friday.
- Yellow indicates the bread was baked on Saturday.
But don’t worry if you can’t remember what color means what day, bread company’s actually say the best way to get the freshest bread is to look at the sell-by date on the wrappers
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