diff --git a/templates/global/breadcrumb.php b/templates/global/breadcrumb.php
index 8a758acd361..ea63566aee8 100644
--- a/templates/global/breadcrumb.php
+++ b/templates/global/breadcrumb.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  * @author 		WooThemes
  * @package 	WooCommerce/Templates
  * @version     2.2.0
+ * @see         woocommerce_breadcrumb()
  */
 
 if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ if ( ( ! is_front_page() && ! ( is_post_type_archive() && get_option( 'page_on_f
 		echo $before . '<a class="home" href="' . apply_filters( 'woocommerce_breadcrumb_home_url', home_url() ) . '">' . $home . '</a>' . $after . $delimiter;
 	}
 
-	if( is_home() ) {
+	if ( is_home() ) {
 
 		echo $before . single_post_title('', false) . $after;
 
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ if ( ( ! is_front_page() && ! ( is_post_type_archive() && get_option( 'page_on_f
 		if ( 0 != $this_category->parent ) {
 			$parent_category = get_category( $this_category->parent );
 			if ( ( $parents = get_category_parents( $parent_category, TRUE, $after . $delimiter . $before ) ) && ! is_wp_error( $parents ) ) {
-				echo $before . $parents . $after . $delimiter;
+				echo $before . trim( $parents, $after . $delimiter . $before ) . $after . $delimiter;
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -144,7 +145,7 @@ if ( ( ! is_front_page() && ! ( is_post_type_archive() && get_option( 'page_on_f
 
 			$cat = current( get_the_category() );
 			if ( ( $parents = get_category_parents( $cat, TRUE, $after . $delimiter . $before ) ) && ! is_wp_error( $parents ) ) {
-				echo $before . $parents . $after . $delimiter;
+				echo $before . trim( $parents, $after . $delimiter . $before ) . $after . $delimiter;
 			}
 			echo $before . get_the_title() . $after;
 
@@ -168,7 +169,7 @@ if ( ( ! is_front_page() && ! ( is_post_type_archive() && get_option( 'page_on_f
 		$cat = get_the_category( $parent->ID );
 		$cat = $cat[0];
 		if ( ( $parents = get_category_parents( $cat, TRUE, $after . $delimiter . $before ) ) && ! is_wp_error( $parents ) ) {
-			echo $before . $parents . $after . $delimiter;
+			echo $before . trim( $parents, $after . $delimiter . $before ) . $after . $delimiter;
 		}
 		echo $before . '<a href="' . get_permalink( $parent ) . '">' . $parent->post_title . '</a>' . $after . $delimiter;
 		echo $before . get_the_title() . $after;