Raise a toast! New beers made from leftover bread help to cut food waste
by Rebecca Smithers Consumer affairs correspondent from Environment | The Guardian on (#3NXNZ)
Rather than discarding unused bread, retailers are sending it off to be turned into ales
Beer and sandwiches have gone together ever since Harold Wilson invited trade union leaders for talks at No 10. Now brewers have gone one better and created a beer made from leftover sandwich bread.
It is a tasty solution to the shocking daily waste of bread, with more than 24 million slices thrown away in Britain every day by consumers alone. Three new beers will soon be available at Marks & Spencer made from surplus bread from its sandwich factory that would otherwise be discarded or turned into animal feed.
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