When Was Store Bought Sliced Bread Invented? – The Fact a Day – #83

Fact #83

Overview:
In today’s fact we learn about Sliced Bread! Mr. Toes teaches us who invented the automatic bread slicing machine and how fast it changed the USA.

The Fact a Day:
In 1917 Otto Rohwedder invented the first automatic bread slicer. In 1928 it was first installed into a factory and within 2 years 90% of store bought bread in the USA was factory sliced!

Fact References:

1. https://www.history.com/
2. https://time.com/
3. https://www.history.com/
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/
5. https://www.myrecipes.com/