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How to read the world's expiry dates, food waste by the numbers, and ways to stop losing food and money to forgotten deadlines.

Perfectly edible food being thrown away (illustrative image)

Food Waste Statistics: 1 Billion Meals a Day — US & UK Numbers and What Helps

1.05 billion tonnes a year worldwide. $162bn in the US, £17bn in the UK. Every number from primary sources — plus what actually helps.

A Thai pack of dried mango with a Buddhist-calendar expiry date

The World's Hardest-to-Read Expiry Dates, Ranked — #1 looks perfectly readable

Year 2570, year 116, three mystery digits on an egg carton — how to read the world's strangest date labels, with real AI scan tests.