Half price but OUT OF DATE!


I bought USN diet protein shake from Holland and Barratt while it was on sale and really enjoyed the product. I wanted to buy more but can ill afford the full price, even though it is worth it. Anyway, I found a company selling it at half price, which I thought was another deal/promotion. It was delivered yesterday and I had my first shake from this new batch and it tasted quite different, almost cardboard like. I then noticed the the product is dated Exp: March 2020. (I bought two of them!)
I have since been advised by the company that there is a warning in red but I didn't see it advising it is out of date. Also, it says it is out of date for only one of the two flavours but they say that is why products were half price, if that is so, why isn't the other flavour full price? I am worried it may make me ill...
The company replied: (I can't help but think they may have changed the warning after my first email advising the products were out of date)
Is this tough luck and I have to suck it up?
Hi,
thank you for the details, the short dated information is displayed on the site and that is the reason it has been significantly reduced in price
if you can show us a screenshot of the product listing now without the short dated information please do so
Yours in Health
Joe Stevenson
General Manager
Replies
https://www.food.gov.uk/safety-hygiene/best-before-and-use-by-dates
Most sensible people are perfectly happy to consume food which is past its Best Before date. Obviously, use common sense here. I'm still using some spices several years past their Best before date. They're just less potent than when I bought them.