{"id":883,"date":"2021-04-16T19:15:11","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T19:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inventorywolf.com\/?page_id=883"},"modified":"2021-04-16T20:41:01","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T20:41:01","slug":"when-does-food-expire","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.inventorywolf.com\/when-does-food-expire\/","title":{"rendered":"When does food expire"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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When does food expire?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The actual shelf-life of food is typically longer than the stated \u201cBest Before\u201d dates on its packaging, but how much longer? What about foods that don\u2019t have some kind of \u201cEat by\u201d date? We had the same questions, specifically about the foods in\u00a0Inventory Wolf\u2019s recommended shelter-in-place food plans<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Something to keep in mind is that\u00a0food does go bad<\/em>\u00a0(with a few exceptions noted below) so an economical approach is to rotate food from your disaster preparedness stores into your daily meals, before it goes bad.\u00a0Inventory Wolf\u2019s Expiring Items report<\/strong>\u00a0can help prioritize which foods to rotate in.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Food<\/th>Shelf-life<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Commercially canned, low-acid foods such as canned meat, poultry, fish, stew, soups, green vegetables, beans, carrots, corn, peas, potatoes<\/td>2-5 years<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Commercially canned, high-acid foods such as canned juices, fruit, pickles, sauerkraut, tomatoes, tomato soup, spaghetti sauce<\/td>12-18 months<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lentils, Dried<\/td>1-2 years<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mashed potatoes, Instant<\/td>12-18 months<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fruit, Mixed, Dried<\/td>6-12 months<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Crackers<\/td>6-9 months<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oats<\/td>2 years<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rice<\/td>2 years<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Breakfast cereal<\/td>1 year<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pasta<\/td>2 years<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Macaroni & cheese mix<\/td>2 years<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pancake mix<\/td>1 year<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Powdered milk<\/td>2 years<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Freeze-dried foods<\/td>10-30 years<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Peanut butter, Jar<\/td>1-2 years<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mixed nuts, Jar<\/td>1-2 years<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oil, Corn<\/td>1 year<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oil, Olive<\/td>2-3 years<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Coffee, Instant<\/td>2-5 years<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cookies, Packaged<\/td>6-9 months<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cocoa powder<\/td>2 years<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Whiskey<\/td>indefinite<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Candy, Hard<\/td>2-3 years<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sugar, Granulated<\/td>indefinite<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Salt<\/td>indefinite<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spices, Ground<\/td>2-3 years<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Food bars<\/td>1-2 years<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Multivitamins<\/td>2 years<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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We headed to the USDA website for answers. Three pages in particular gave some answers:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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