I work in a grocery store – the secret to stopping bread going moldy is knowing the ‘bowtie’ color codes

A grocery store worker has shared a secret that could keep your bread fresh longer after you bring it home.

The employee, who has worked in grocery stores for more than 14 years, often shares hacks to his 300,000 TikTok followers.

Posting under the account @sessionswithseon, the worker shared a series called “Random Grocery Facts,” in which he shares knowledge he has learned in the industry.

“To determine the freshness of the loaf of bread, all you have to do is check the bowtie indicator,” Seon said in a recent video about the secret to stopping your bread going moldy too fast.

Seon explained that the bowtie indicator, also called a bread clip, is the device used to seal plastic bags containing bread.

The ties come in five different colors indicating when the bread was baked, Seon said.

Blue apparently means the bread was baked on Monday, green means Tuesday, Thursday is red, Friday is white, and yellow means the bread was baked on Saturday.

Wednesday and Sunday do not have colors because, according to Seon, deliveries do not happen on those days.

“Also, another rule of thumb with bread. The freshest bread will be at the bottom,” he added, pointing to loaves of bread on a shelf at a store.

“Bread is rotated. Oldest dates on top, newer dates on bottom,” he wrote in on screen text.

Seon says this is done to get rid of older inventory because it is easier for customers to get the product when it’s at the top of shelves.

The video went viral, receiving more than 2.7 million likes and 12,000 comments.

“Thank you for the info. keeping that in mind when I go shopping and maybe I’ll educate someone else on my new knowledge. Thanks,” wrote one person.

Other commenters warned that not all bakeries follow the color code. They advised it is important to check the date featured on the bag.

“Bread ties do come in different colors,” said Seon in part two of the original video.

“But it’s the same principle, it just tells what the days the bread was baked on.”

He advised people to do some research on their favorite type of bread to see if it follows the color code he mentioned in the video.

“So yes, bread ties do vary in color. But the same principle applies.”

This story originally appeared on The Sun and has been reproduced here with permission.