Out of date soya cream

kippers

Hi, it's a quick question for anyone around at the moment....

Has anyone used out of date alpro soya cream....just opened some to make dairy free icecream for my daughter and realised it's 'best before 15-01-15'

Normally I wouldn't worry about best before dates, but because it's cream I thought i would ask. It's in a carton like longlife milk comes in

Thanks for any replies

Cornucopia

Soya cream is a bit of a misnomer. There's not much Soya, and Soya "milk" doesn't have a cream component in it like cow's milk.

These are the ingredients:-

Water, Sunflower oil (8.4%), Hulled soya beans (3.8%), Modified tapioca starch, Fructose-glucose syrup, Emulsifiers (Soya lecithin, Sucrose esters of fatty acids), Thickeners (Locust bean gum, Carrageenan), Flavouring, Sea salt, Antioxidant (Tocopherol-rich extract)

So, on the plus side, yes, you can probably still eat it... but would you really want to?

kippers

Cornucopia wrote: »

Soya cream is a bit of a misnomer. There's not much Soya, and Soya "milk" doesn't have a cream component in it like cow's milk.

These are the ingredients:-

Water, Sunflower oil (8.4%), Hulled soya beans (3.8%), Modified tapioca starch, Fructose-glucose syrup, Emulsifiers (Soya lecithin, Sucrose esters of fatty acids), Thickeners (Locust bean gum, Carrageenan), Flavouring, Sea salt, Antioxidant (Tocopherol-rich extract)

So, on the plus side, yes, you can probably still eat it... but would you really want to?

Lol I agree, but when you have a dairy intolerant child in the house it's nice for them to have a treat every now and then...and dairy free icecream is a big treat to her

Cornucopia

Have you tried Swedish Glace (Soya Ice Cream)?

Similar ingredients, to be fair. But at least it has more Soya than oil.

kippers

No I'll try and find some and give it a go, thanks

Owain_Moneysaver

It sounds revolting, but the main ingredient appears to be sunflower oil. If that had turned rancid you'd notice it pretty quickly.

It's also a 'best before' date, not a 'use by', so it's unlikely to be a health risk. It's only 2 months out of date. Long-life stuff in cartons is pretty similar to tinned food.

adouglasmhor

Tesco are doing dairy free cornetto style cones now if your child would be interested in them.

Cornucopia

Hmmm.... they look nice. I especially like Strawberry Ice Cream with chunks of fruit in it.