A white bread clip A bread clip is a device used to hold plastic bags closed, such as the ones in which sliced bread is commonly packaged. They are also commonly called bread tags, bread tabs, bread ties or bread-bag clips. By sealing a bag more securely than tying or folding over its open end, the clip or tie may preserve its contents longer. Growing collection of plastic clips represents an impressive span of colors, shapes and sizes.
Most designs of bread clip consist of a single plastic part through which the neck of a plastic bag can be threaded. Because these bread clamps, or bread tabs, are cheap, ubiquitous, and come in a variety of shapes and colors, some people collect them.
Most bread clips are composed of polystyrene (PS).
As the use of polyethylene bags to package fruit and other foods rapidly increased, bread clips is a cheap, reusable solution to sealing open-ended bags.
In addition, re-closability became a selling point as smaller families and higher costs slowed consumption.
Take the ordinary bread clip, for example: a small, inconsequential and often annoying polystyrene tab on loaves of bread.
Manufacturers, using more and more automation in the manufacture and packaging of food, needed methods to raise production volumes and reduce costs.
