Each year food prices are increasing which has seen 13.6 percent of UK households either eating less or going a day without food due to affordability issues. Despite the eye-watering costs of fresh foods, households still seem to be wasting valuable fruit and vegetables by making this simple yet common mistake.
The UK discards about 9.5 million tonnes of food, wasting billions of pounds and contributing to global warming, however, an expert has revealed a supermarket secret that will save you from wasting any goods. Richard Price, of international supermarket delivery service, Britsuperstore stated: "Supermarkets are now using a straightforward, yet secret code to represent best-before dates on certain fruit and vegetables.
" The expert is encouraging people to never rely on the best-before date but to instead decipher an "alphanumeric code" that is also seen on the packaging. What is the secret code? The system is simple, on the packaging there is a letter and a number. The letter corresponds to the month, with 'A' for January, 'B' for February, and so on, while the number represents the day of the month.
Price went on to share: “For example, if you see 'D15' on a pack of strawberries, it means they’re best before April 15. By understanding this code, you can easily pick fresher produce and make sure you’re getting the longest shelf life possible." Best-before dates explained Another tip to save your produce and avoid waste is to completely understand what the best-befo.
