How long does yogurt last after best before dates?

stephen77

to add.
some retailers or brands will give longer ues by dates than other from point of manufacturer for essentially the same yoghurt.

Middy

SnowBelle wrote: »

Did a house clearance yesterday for a hoarder and found 50 yogurts from 2005 in the pantry ,they were Sainsbury's Raspberry yogurts and they smelt fine after opening one!
Not that I would touch one,we opened it for the Urgghh factor!
Anyhow, goodness knows what goes into them to preserve it.

How do you know they are from 2005? Fresh food such as yoghurts have a used by date, but not the year.

sassyblue

Wow some of you are hardcore! I ate a yoghurt last week that was 5 days out of date, l'd hesitate if it was any longer than that - however, l always use my eyes, nose and then try a little bit of whatever it is to see if it's edible.

There was a good article in the DM once by Jonathon Maitland (IIRC) about eating OOD food.

Found it:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1024879/The-best-challenge---One-man-boldly-goes-use-dates-food.html

nesssie1702

Middy wrote: »

How do you know they are from 2005? Fresh food such as yoghurts have a used by date, but not the year.

Not all yogurts are "fresh" though, as sometimes they can be sold from the ambient section rather than chilled. These ones will have a "Best Before" Date rather than a "USe By" date and will have been subjected to UHT rather than just pasteurisation which only kills off pathogenic bacteria and not all the spoilage bacteria.

Sharon87

y5d wrote: »

My colleague was amazed when I opened and ate a yoghurt on Friday (4th Feb), that was dated best before 22nd Jan. I then told her it had been in my lunch bag all week (ie, not refrigerated!), at which point she almost needed reviving!! I have eaten them 2 months out of date, and am still here to tell the tale. Not fermenting? Not mouldy? Then go for it!!!

Eww. I took a yoghurt to work once, didn't refrigerate it, few hours later, yuk. It was disgusting.

I can't eat yoghurts more than 1 day out of date. I don't like the sourness.

no-oneknowsme

Each to their own , but I personally wont eat food once the best before date has passed.

That goes for ALL foods , as soon as the date arrives the food is binned !

A waste I know but thats just me.

Smidster

no-oneknowsme wrote: »

Each to their own , but I personally wont eat food once the best before date has passed.

That goes for ALL foods , as soon as the date arrives the food is binned !

A waste I know but thats just me.

Why though?

It is completely irrational. Food, especially stuff like Fruit and Veg, doesn't suddenly turn rotten at midnight by some magic spell.

Just seems silly that you will happily much a Carrot one minute but then an hour later it MUST be poisonous and binned.

no-oneknowsme

Smidster wrote: »

Why though?

It is completely irrational. Food, especially stuff like Fruit and Veg, doesn't suddenly turn rotten at midnight by some magic spell.

Just seems silly that you will happily much a Carrot one minute but then an hour later it MUST be poisonous and binned.

Sorry , maybe i didnt make it clear in my post that i was meaning ALL foods as in foods which go "off".....yoghurts , milk , eggs , butter , coleslaw , bread..you know the ones that go "icky" after the date.

Fruit and veg , now they are not so bad , i would eat veg on the bbd but then aging i try to ensure that i only buy enough to last until the date ensuring that i dont have to waste it .

MrsBartolozzi

Totally agree Smidster!
This whole idea of Cinderella foods which go off at the stroke of midnight leads people into a false sense of security. "Oh the use by date is on Friday therefore it must be safe to eat today" kind of idea - it's only going to be safe to eat today if it's been kept in the proper conditions.
Any breech during transportation etc will shorten the life span.
Everyone should judge a food's safe-to-eat-ability individually. Does it smell right, look right etc. Most use-by foods will still be fine the next day at least - the supermarkets are not so clever as to pinpoint exactly which hour the food will turn and so there will be a margin where it's OOD but still fine. And as food is constantly being produced throughout the day a yogurt produced in the morning and one at 5pm will probably have the same use by date, but the later one surely has a longer life span?

SnowBelle_2

Middy wrote: »

How do you know they are from 2005? Fresh food such as yoghurts have a used by date, but not the year.

I know because it was stamped on the lid,and I have absolutely no reason whatsoever to make it up.