MSE Poll: Do you eat food past its best-before date?

Pollycat

I've never had a problem with mayonnaise going mouldy but am off to check a jar of pesto that's been in my fridge for...ummm...a few years.

NaughtiusMaximus

I opened a sealed jar of jam with a best before date of June 2011 a few weeks ago, still tastes fine.

GaleSF63

Frogletina said:

I wish you could buy smaller portions. You can buy jams in small jars and jam lasts for years, so why not things like mayonnaise and pesto, even if you had to buy them in pack of 4? 

You can buy the little catering sachets of some things on Amazon. It's quite a lot more expensive - or is it?  - when I've had to throw away jars which haven't had much out of them; do that a few times and the costs of the initially better value supermarket jars adds up.  And I don't throw things away lightly. 

ALIBOBSY

We often pick up catering size packs of jam in the pound stores, got some in B and M this week, means we can buy flavours we might not eat as often but they do get used now and again.  EG using a small amount of apricot for a cake or having a croissant brekkie at weekend occasionally. 

od244051

Frogletina said:

I wish you could buy smaller portions. You can buy jams in small jars and jam lasts for years, so why not things like mayonnaise and pesto, even if you had to buy them in pack of 4? 

Scala do pesto in little pots. Managed to get a few of the green pesto when they down to 10p clearance in Sainsburys before covid last year. They are 45g per pot and get 2 per pack. Though its very expensive way of buying it normally. RRP for these are £1.50. You can get supermarket own label pesto for 50% cheaper and get 50% more

Frogletina

od244051 said:

Frogletina said:

I wish you could buy smaller portions. You can buy jams in small jars and jam lasts for years, so why not things like mayonnaise and pesto, even if you had to buy them in pack of 4? 

Scala do pesto in little pots. Managed to get a few of the green pesto when they down to 10p clearance in Sainsburys before covid last year. They are 45g per pot and get 2 per pack. Though its very expensive way of buying it normally. RRP for these are £1.50. You can get supermarket own label pesto for 50% cheaper and get 50% more

That makes it a difficult choice. Pay more for less or waste half of it

maman

Big difference between 'best before' and 'eat by'. 🤔

maxsteam

I got a few bags of groceries today, all dated best before midnight. Some went into the freezer. We should be able to eat the rest before the end of the week. I didn't spend much money so it's not a huge problem if something goes off.

One pack that I left on the shelf was bulging but the label said that it was ok to eat before midnight. I would rather eat something that is past it's date but still looks good.