The French baguette could get a UNESCO heritage status

French bakers might be elated in the near future as the baguette could find itself in UNESCO's list of cultural treasures. The very popular French craft loaf has been the part-and-parcel of French dining culture for a long time. Made of wheat flour, yeast, salt, and water, a traditional baguette takes time, and the understanding of how to bake.
With the advent of assembly line products, people are now buying other commercial baked items, and bakers are not having it. French bakers have submitted an application that should result in the baguette becoming part of UNESCO’s intangible treasures.

There are two other essentially French things that were competing against the baguette. The Biou d’Arbois wine festival in the Jura region, and you even have the zinc-plated rooftops of Paris. But the culture minister of France has recommended that baguette be the official entry. The tradition of buying a freshly baked loaf of baguette from the market is as old as time here in France. That is the first thing people do in the morning. In order to continue the tradition, to leave a good example for the future generations, the baguette must be inducted into the UNESCO’s list of cultural treasures.
As far as breads are concerned, the UNESCO has flat breads in Iran and Kazakhstan covered in its intangible heritage list. So the baguette has a real-world chance of getting this prestige. UNESCO will announce the decision in late 2022.