Best practices
Using stale bread
Turn old into new: Our tips on how to use up stale bread.
Bread is precious and valuable. However, in Germany, roughly 1.7 million tonnes of baked goods are thrown away each year, amounting to 19% of the whole production. In the UK, roughly 20 million slices of bread wasted each year, which is 44% of all the bread produced in the UK.
10 tips for avoiding and using up stale bread
Store bread correctly
Portion and freeze bread
Process bread into breadcrumbs
Upcycle bread waste into chips
Prepare croutons
Use stale bread as a topping for French onion soup
Use stale bread for herby stuffing
Make bread dumplings
Process stale bread in casseroles
Process stale bread into bread pudding
Sources
Unser täglich Brot (WWF)
Food Surplus and Waste in the UK – Key facts (WRAP)