Food Storage Time Guide

[pol76]

Found this on another site hope it helps some good info

http://www.stilltasty.com/

max

[Carrot Cruncher]

Cheers max, that is an excellent site

[hobo]

Thanks Max. Bookmarked!

Hobo

[Magz]

Book marked thanks.

[pol76]

Just took it from an American site that some on here are members but I think if it is a good idea then it should be shared for our members who are not on the other site


max

[theboss2010]

Thanks for that, I've added the website to my favourites. A lot of information to look through, keep me out of trouble for a bit! lol!

[Meyou]

Been browsing a few stores lately, and I noticed something odd...

Expirey dates of tinned foods differ greatly from store to store. Example: Aldi Spam was in date till 2014...yet tesco spam was good only till start of 2012. I realize it would probably last longer than dated...but I found it odd. Had a hippie prepper friend check over the ingredients for nasties, but he gave the Alti food a clean bill of health.

Any idea why the two stores would differ so greatly? It was the same across the board, Tesco don't stock anything that I could find tinned with a date later than mid 2012!

[Bladerunner]

A lot of people (my daughter included) will not eat anything that is out of date.

This is probably a ploy to get people to eat it as it approaches the sell by date or even launch it if the date has expired. Most ALDI stuff is made abroad so they are probably not as sneaky.

How does the price compare between the two?

Be lucky

[Triple_sod]

A lot of people (my daughter included) will not eat anything that is out of date.

This is probably a ploy to get people to eat it as it approaches the sell by date or even launch it if the date has expired. Most ALDI stuff is made abroad so they are probably not as sneaky.

How does the price compare between the two?

Be lucky

I’d say so, also you’ve got Meyou’s point about ‘nasties’, whilst the Aldi spam may well last that long simply because of the canning process, many people would look at the sell by date and say ‘hmmmm meat that lasts 3 years, the stuff must be packed full of preservatives’.

[Red Doe]

When it comes to stockpiling food, I believe that in an emergency I wouldn`t care so much about preservatives etc so long as it was giving me and mine nourishment. When I had my stockpile, it consisted of long term (last til Doomsday) tins, which were my last resort `OMG we gotta eat or starve` rations, and `ordinary` stuff which got rotated and used on a more regular basis.