While some foods should indeed be chucked after their use by has passed, others you can take with a pinch of salt
HAVE YOU ever been scared to eat the food in your fridge because its out of date?
While some foods should indeed be chucked after their use by has passed, others you can take with a pinch of salt.
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It is always wise to pay attention to the dates when it comes to meat, fish and seafood but plenty of other foods are perfectly fine to eat.
Sheer Luxerevealed 13 foods you can safely eat past their use by date.
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Although your favourite snacks might lose some of their freshness once their best by date has passed, you can eat them for a few weeks after.
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While dry pasta usually comes with a long shelf life, you can push this to three years if it is stored in a cool, dry and airtight environment.
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Most tinned food will come with a best before date that is years ahead, but adding on extra time wont hurt you.
As long as your cans are undamaged and stored somewhere cool away from direct light, then they can last four around four years.
The use by date on bread assumes youve left it out in the kitchen you can extend this by up to two weeks by keeping your loaf in the fridge.
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Preserved foods such as pickles can last for up to two years past their use by date if theyre stored in an airtight container in the fridge but they may start to lose some of their crunchiness.
If you keep your eggs in the fridge, you can eat them up to three weeks after the use by date.
But, beware of any unpleasant odour when you crack them this means they should be chucked.
Another way to check if theyre still good is to drop them in a bowl of water, a fresh egg will sink and a bad one will float.
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As long as your chocolate tastes ok, youre pretty much good to go.
Sometimes a white film might form on older chocolate, which is caused by the sugar crystallising, but it wont harm you.
Mould is unable to penetrate harder cheeses such as cheddar, so you can cut off any mould and it will be safe to eat.
If your veg is kept frozen, in theory, it can last indefinitely.
While out of date goods wont hurt you, the texture and taste may change over time.
As long the yoghurt hasnt been opened, you can usually enjoy it for two weeks after the sell-by date.
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As long as your leaves havent gone mouldy, its perfectly safe to eat them past their use by.
When taken care of properly, spirits such as whiskey can be kept open-endedly and the same goes for gin and vodka.
You may be worried about milk, but as long as it tastes and smells OK you can ignore the sell-by.
If thats got you thinking about food,you may beshocked to find outyouve likely been making scrambled eggs all wrong.
On top of that, theres actually a right way to microwave your leftovers and mash potatoes.
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