Unopened tins/jars of food that's past BB date.. can I donate these anywhere? 7 January 2020 at 6:15PM in Charities 7 replies 1.3K views

kiwi_fruit

Following a kitchen clearance for somebody I have tins/jars of food that's past best before date(some well past- 2015 is the oldest). Obviously all unopened. I've taken what I'd eat but the rest I don't have a use for. Is there anywhere I could donate these? Would hate to throw away. Things like ginger preserve, rice pudding, prunes, pouches of stir fry sauces..

Savvy_Sue

Probably not formally donate, but there are food sharing apps. I think olio is one?

[Deleted User]

The fact you did this kitchen clearance to start with is a wonderful help and saving stuff when we can is great but unfortunately we have to create waste sometimes so just throw them away.

Owain_Moneysaver

Not sure about five year old pouches of stir fry sauces. I don't think they're as sterile as canned stuff.

Ginger preserves I'll take the risk :-)

kiwi_fruit

Thanks for the replies guys. Will look into Olio, have never heard of it before. I guess I can't donate them for foodbank then? I'm sure the stuff's perfectly fine, I don't think tinned/jarred produce ever becomes bad really if it's not damaged, does it? Had a jar of brined olives myself with bb 2017, didn't taste any different to "fresher" variety!

cattie

You could also try offloading on a site such as freegle or nextdoor. I'm sure there'd be people on a low income who don't worry too much about dates & would be thankful for the food

Savvy_Sue

kiwi_fruit wrote: »

Thanks for the replies guys. Will look into Olio, have never heard of it before. I guess I can't donate them for foodbank then? I'm sure the stuff's perfectly fine, I don't think tinned/jarred produce ever becomes bad really if it's not damaged, does it? Had a jar of brined olives myself with bb 2017, didn't taste any different to "fresher" variety!

You can ask the foodbank but generally they have to stick to in date. I completely agree with you about tins. They never die IMO!

kerri_gt

cattie wrote: »

You could also try offloading on a site such as freegle or nextdoor. I'm sure there'd be people on a low income who don't worry too much about dates & would be thankful for the food

I was going to suggest this too, I've given a few bits away before on there past BB dates.