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It depends a lot on the food. Typically, canned food is practically immortal. If there's no bulge, it's good and modern canning has done a lot to avoid the bu
by cogman10 4y ago
It depends a lot on the food.
Typically, canned food is practically immortal. If there's no bulge, it's good and modern canning has done a lot to avoid the bulge.
Dried foods are somewhat similar, though they go rancid more readily. If you are in a super dry climate they last longer.
Foods that need refrigeration, in my experience, tend to be super close to the use by/best by dates when it comes to going bad. Exceptions are things with a lot of vinegar in them (ketchup or pickles for example). Milk, though, seems to curdle right on the the date.
- gumby 4y agoAn example of an exception to your last point is eggs. In the US* the eggs could have been in a refrigerator for a week or up to a year before being sent to the supermarket. * I don’t know if this is still the case with the current 2023 high price of eggs. There has been a lot of monopoly/consolidation in eggs and it’s unclear what’s really going on.
- drdec 4y agoFYI, ketchup does not require refrigeration. (How do you think restaurants keep bottles of ketchup on the tables all day otherwise?)
- kspacewalk2 4y agoSeems reasonable to assume it'll last longer in the fridge though.
- antifa 4y agoAlso ketchup at restaurants probably has to be refilled daily, at worst weekly, merely from customers using it.