The French consume 10 billion baguettes a year

Baguette will apply for the relic [The French consume 10 billion baguettes a year] According to the French 24 website, France will apply for the baguette. On the 26th local time, the French government said that it would apply for unesco intangible cultural heritage for the baguette. Previously, the French Ministry of Culture listed as an alternative project for "heritage application" were also the paris tin roof and the Arbois wine festival in the Jura province. According to a French regulation introduced in 1993, "traditional" baguettes can only be made from 4 raw materials, namely flour, water, yeast and salt, and the dough must be fermented for 15 to 20 hours at 4 to 6 degrees Celsius. Now, baguettes are part of the daily lives of the French, who consume 10 billion baguettes a year, the equivalent of 320 per second. (CCTV Finance; LX)

Source: Daily Economic News