Best-By-Date Question

[Rrty]

I was eating some very delicious premium cheese crackers just now -- they are extremely delicious, believe me. The best way to describe them is to think of a much better version of those Sunshine Cheez-It crackers, with higher-quality ingredients. In fact, biting into just one of these rich crackers is like eating a slice of cheese. The box is small, and the price is high to reflect the great taste.

Unfortunately, I noticed the expiration date on the package said best by January 5. Do you think eating these crackers so far after the expiration date is okay for a product like this? It isn't like milk or bread. It is a product that sits on the retail shelf, not far from the aforementioned Cheez-Its item, it isn't refrigerated. I've read articles that have said some expiration dates don't necessarily convey a date of safety, merely a date after which the taste might not be so good (the taste of these crackers was still pretty good, thankfully).

I think I'll be okay; I mean, what's a month? Not to be funny, but let's say a zombie apocalypse occurred, and these crackers were found a year after expiration -- the survivors would still eat them, right? Still, I always worry about this sort of thing. I hope I don't get sick, or turn into one of those gray-matter blobs from Night Shift.

 

[blunthead]

I was eating some very delicious premium cheese crackers just now -- they are extremely delicious, believe me. The best way to describe them is to think of a much better version of those Sunshine Cheez-It crackers, with higher-quality ingredients. In fact, biting into just one of these rich crackers is like eating a slice of cheese. The box is small, and the price is high to reflect the great taste.

Unfortunately, I noticed the expiration date on the package said best by January 5. Do you think eating these crackers so far after the expiration date is okay for a product like this? It isn't like milk or bread. It is a product that sits on the retail shelf, not far from the aforementioned Cheez-Its item, it isn't refrigerated. I've read articles that have said some expiration dates don't necessarily convey a date of safety, merely a date after which the taste might not be so good (the taste of these crackers was still pretty good, thankfully).

I think I'll be okay; I mean, what's a month? Not to be funny, but let's say a zombie apocalypse occurred, and these crackers were found a year after expiration -- the survivors would still eat them, right? Still, I always worry about this sort of thing. I hope I don't get sick, or turn into one of those gray-matter blobs from Night Shift.

Do you have a will?

 

[AnnaMarie]

It's a "best by" date. Here, that's different than an "expirey date".

I think your gonna make it.

 

[not_nadine]

You are not even gonna tell us what high quality Cheez-its are? The white cheddar kind?

Need more info, or you might have a painful cheez it demise.

 

[80sFan]

It's not bread, and it's not a refrigerated item (I follow those dates strictly), so I'd gobble them things up, even if I had seen the date first.

 

[fljoe0]

I eat lots of out of date crackers.

I always keep a big stock of crackers for emergency supplies. When they get out of date, I eat that batch and buy more.

 

[not_nadine]

You eatin crackers right there in that avatar?

 

[stacy270]

You eatin crackers right there in that avatar?

I think that was a bit ole vat of pudding.

 

[not_nadine]

Who is pudding? Rest her soul

 

[fljoe0]

You eatin crackers right there in that avatar?

That's some Walking Dead pudding

 

[muskrat]

I used to like those Frappucino cold coffees until I began noticing curds of what looked like rotten milk floating in the bottom. Thing was over a year past its due date.

 

[Neesy]

I was eating some very delicious premium cheese crackers just now -- they are extremely delicious, believe me. The best way to describe them is to think of a much better version of those Sunshine Cheez-It crackers, with higher-quality ingredients. In fact, biting into just one of these rich crackers is like eating a slice of cheese. The box is small, and the price is high to reflect the great taste.

Unfortunately, I noticed the expiration date on the package said best by January 5. Do you think eating these crackers so far after the expiration date is okay for a product like this? It isn't like milk or bread. It is a product that sits on the retail shelf, not far from the aforementioned Cheez-Its item, it isn't refrigerated. I've read articles that have said some expiration dates don't necessarily convey a date of safety, merely a date after which the taste might not be so good (the taste of these crackers was still pretty good, thankfully).

I think I'll be okay; I mean, what's a month? Not to be funny, but let's say a zombie apocalypse occurred, and these crackers were found a year after expiration -- the survivors would still eat them, right? Still, I always worry about this sort of thing. I hope I don't get sick, or turn into one of those gray-matter blobs from Night Shift.

If they did not taste stale and make you want to spit them out and make a face like this: then I think you're safe.

Best Before: How supermarkets sell you old food - Marketplace - CBC News

The above is a useful link - if it was perishable food like meat, cheese, dairy products etc. I would be more careful.
Food poisoning can be pretty awful, I hear.

 

[Neesy]

I used to like those Frappucino cold coffees until I began noticing curds of what looked like rotten milk floating in the bottom. Thing was over a year past its due date.

ew
Just had to go to Starbucks so I could wake up. Had the Carmel Macchiato.

Here's a creepy looking pic I found while looking up Frappuccinos

Where do you buy these Frappuccino things? Is it the kind from 7-11 or the grocery store?

 

[fljoe0]

 

[muskrat]

ew
Just had to go to Starbucks so I could wake up. Had the Carmel Macchiato.

Here's a creepy looking pic I found while looking up Frappuccinos

Where do you buy these Frappuccino things? Is it the kind from 7-11 or the grocery store?

Yeah, those bottled ones. I don't get em anymore, ick.

 

[Grandpa]

If they're not lying on the floor where the dog peed, I'll probably eat them.

But here's what the doctor types at WebMD say: "Best if used by (or before)" date. This refers strictly to quality, not safety. This date is recommended for best flavor or quality. It is not a purchase or safety date.

Do Food Expiration Dates Really Matter?

 

[PatInTheHat]

I eat lots of out of date crackers.

Huh, now me, I've dated lots of out of date crackers.

"Best by" dates are just that, they are 'best' by that date...which is rather subjective, I mean I loooves me some month old Peeps, stale donuts and rock hard cookies with my coffee, pizza left on the counter overnight, so who's gonna tell me when it's, "best by"?
Experation dates are a whole nuther thang, but not by much, especially if a tasty morsel is in unbroken sealed packaging.
I mean there's always common sense to fall back on, like if your can of imported salted bat wings 'looks like she's s ready to blow!', probably should throw that one away and grab another without the bulging wasteline...oh, and maybe have a "friend" over for a taste test, coulda been made from diseased bats, ya just don't never know

 

[fljoe0]

What's it say on a package of Twinkies? Best By Dec 14, 2974

Twinkies - The Official Food Of The Zombie Apocalypse

 

[not_nadine]

What's it say on a package of Twinkies? Best By Dec 14, 2974

Twinkies - The Official Food Of The Zombie Apocalypse

Eat yer puddin

 

[blunthead]

I think that was a bit ole vat of pudding.

Pudding is unmanly.