Mold can sneakily appear on bread and spread rapidly, making it difficult to prevent. However, there are certain mistakes ...

LUBBOCK, Texas – Attention, bread shoppers: A Texas company could have the answer to some consumers’ unwelcome discovery that just-purchased loaves contain mold.

The way you store your bread can make the difference between a fresh, soft loaf and one that's gone stale and moldy. Here's ...

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After 60 days, researchers found the treated bread that remained packaged had the same mold content when compared to a freshly baked loaf, Stull said.

MicroZap Inc. says its technology keeps bread mold-free for 60 days, and could eliminate the need for preservatives and ingredients used to mask preservatives' flavor, as well as reduce food waste ...

The team’s oregano essential oil sachets can also slow mold growth in preservative-free bread up to 15 days, according to a paper published in January in the Journal of Food Process Engineering.

Attention, bread shoppers: A Texas company could have the answer to some consumers' unwelcome discovery that just-purchased loaves contain mold.

As soon as bread comes out of the oven it interacts with bacteria, yeast, and fungi in the air. The most obvious bread-microbe reaction is growth of fuzzy bluish-green mold on bread left out on ...

Sourdough bread uses wild yeast and lactic acid bacteria for leavening, offering nutritional benefits and easier digestion. Mold, a fungus, thrives in moist, warm environments and breaks down ...

She gave the example of a bread loaf with one side closer to a toaster, thus making it warmer and more likely to grow mold first. Touching bread — with your hands or utensils — can cause mold spores ...

By the time we see mold growth on food, it's already pretty heavily embedded (it's quite tiny, after all). The USDA has an entire page set up just for mold, and it has this to say about that ...