Spoiler alert: Moldy bread can make you sick. If you don't want to risk it just throw it out.
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Novella Lui is a Registered Dietitian and nutrition and health writer. She is passionate about helping others build healthy relationships with food by sharing practical easy-to-follow tips. Novella combines her interest in providing evidence-based nutrition and health education with food and culture by creating consumer-facing content for brands and publications. As a foodie and globetrotter she enjoys seeking out new flavors and exploring different cuisines. In her free time you can find her searching for hidden food gems and spending time outdoors hiking local trails.
Bread is a household staple. Whether you’re known for making Instagrammable avocado toast or you love to whip up deli-worthy New York City sandwiches chances are you have some kind of loaf of bread lying around your kitchen at some point. Maybe you even keep a sourdough starter in your fridge so you can bake your own loaves of bread. No matter how much bread you eat chances are you’ve forgotten about a loaf of bread and found it had moldy spots. And you’ve probably wondered: should I cut off the moldy parts of my bread and eat it? Read on to find out whether moldy bread is ever safe to eat how long it lasts and the best ways to keep it fresh.
Molds are fungi that can be visible to the naked eye but they can also be invisible. When you see mold on food that’s only part of the story. It probably means that there’s a large root system in the food itself: think of it as a network of blood vessels. The visible mold is the stem of the mold coming up from the surface of the food with fluffy spores attached to it. If you were to look at that moldy piece of bread under a microscope the mold would look like little mushrooms coming up from the surface.
