Bread Trivia

• One bushel of wheat will produce 70-73 one-pound loaves of bread. 

• Assuming a sandwich was eaten for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, it would take 168 days to eat the amount of bread produced from one bushel of wheat.

• Farmers receive approximately 5 cents (or less) from each loaf of bread sold.

• An average slice of packaged bread contains only 1 gram of fat and 75 to 80 calories. 

• A family of four could live 10 years off the bread produced by one acre of wheat. 

• Breaking bread is a universal sign of peace. 

• A 1½ pound loaf of commercial bread contains 24 slices.

• Bread is closely tied to religious expression and communion. Hot cross buns commemorate Lent and Good Friday, Greek Easter breads are set with eggs dyed red to denote the blood of Christ, and Jewish families celebrate the coming of the Sabbath on Friday evening with challah (a light, airy yeast bread made of six long strands of dough which are braided to form one large loaf).

• Each American consumes, on average, 53 pounds of bread per year. 

• It takes 9 seconds for a combine to harvest enough wheat to make about 70 loaves of bread.