60-Day Bread Developed By American Company

A 60-day bread has been developed by a U.S. company, BBC reported Friday.

60-Day Bread (Photo: Microzap)

The company, called Microzap, utilized a new technique to keep bread oven-fresh and mold-free for a period of 60 days. Typically, bread harbors mold in about 10 days.

The company zaps the bread using a microwave array that kills the spores that create mold.

"We treated a slice of bread in the device, we then checked the mould that was in that bread over time against a control, " Chief executive Don Stull tells BBC. "And at 60 days it had the same mould content as it had when it came out of the oven."

The technology used in making the 60-day bread could help reduce the amount of bread that is wasted.

According to  U.S. Natural Resources Defense Council, Americans discard 40 percent of the food supply every year, and the average American family of four ends up throwing away an equivalent of up to $2,275 annually in food.

The new method could also help manufacturers reduce or avoid using heavy preservatives to keep the bread fresh.

MicroZap’s technology is owned by Texas Tech University and licensed worldwide to MicroZap.