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Refrigerated pasteurised milk keeps at least three weeks, normally only 3-4 days of that are gone by the time it's sold. If it only lasted days your refrigerat
by sitharus 10y ago
Refrigerated pasteurised milk keeps at least three weeks, normally only 3-4 days of that are gone by the time it's sold.
If it only lasted days your refrigerator is failing and needs replacing.
- gambiting 10y agoIf I walk into tesco right now I can guarantee that their freshest milk will have a use by date of about 5-6 days from now. It should also be used within a couple days from opening - I would definitely buy a new bottle every 4-5 days. And nope, my fridge sits at a solid 2C, thank you.
- s0rce 10y agoWow, we regularly buy milk with best before dates 3-4 wks from the date of purchase. The milk doesn't travel far as there many dairy cows in Northern California.
- adrianratnapala 10y agoI wonder if different definitions are at work: i.e. 5-6 days assumes you open it the moment you get it home, while 3-4 weeks assumes you drink it within a few days of opening.
- petepete 10y agoAlso milk pasteurisation and sterilisation are on a sliding scale, different countries and producers will use different temperatures and times. It's likely that in the UK, we do 'just enough' to make it safe. Wouldn't want to ruin a cup of tea, would we?
- beojan 10y agoThe Tesco Pure or Cravendale milk will have a 3-4 week shelf life, and is also pasteurized rather than UHT.
- rhino369 10y agoIn America the sell by date is usually 2 weeks out plus you can go another 5-7 days after that. I wonder if our distribution chain across the pound is faster.
- to3m 10y agoThat sounds unusually short. I bought 1pt milk from tesco on 2nd April and its use by date is 11th April; the 4pt cantainer i bought last week sometime (so 27th March or so?) is use by 6th April. Perhaps 3 weeks would indeed be stretching it, but (with the proviso that I'm going entirely by my gut here, nothing scientific) 10 days feels pretty usual.