Gave my baby out of date vegetables

[hate2020]

I’m weaning my six month old baby and am making my own vegetable purées. I gave her some carrots today (I was cooking some for my own lunch and did extra for baby). However, I’ve just been cleaning out the fridge and spotted the best before date on them was 6th November. I’m now so annoyed that I didn’t check this earlier and am worried that I could have made her ill

[whatwouldyoudo85]

She'll be absolutely fine, don't worry about it.

[dementedpixie]

If they were still firm and didn't look manky when you prepared them then they are fine. Vegetables have a best before date not a use by so quality reduces as they get older. They are not dangerous

[mynameiscalypso]

Did they taste okay to you? If so, they'll be absolutely fine. You'd have noticed if they'd gone off because they'd be all mushy and slimy. Your baby will be absolutely fine.

[Fruggalo]

Absolutely fine - vegetables aren’t like meat or fish or dairy, you can tell if they’re mouldy and you’ll be absolutely fine eating them.

[BertieBotts]

They're vegetables, if you buy them loose they don't even have a date on them.

It will be fine.

[WishUponAStar88]

If they looked fine they’re fine. No BBE date if you buy loose/ from a farm etc anyway

[Fauvist]

Most vegetables last loads longer than they say on the packet. Your baby will be fine.

[DramaAlpaca]

I never even look at use by dates on vegetables. If the carrots looked fresh enough for you to want to cook them, they were absolutely fine to eat. You can tell a manky carrot very easily.

You haven't harmed your baby, no need to worry.

[lurker101]

Absolutely fine. Unprepared vegetables don’t go off for a very long time. I would happily eat Early November carrots until Mid December -later if they’re not mushy/blue

[JanetPudding]

Do you have anxiety generally, OP?

[hate2020]

Thank goodness, thanks everyone. They tasted perfectly fine - I ate a few raw ones before cooking and they were lovely and crunchy. I was just concerned as presumably babies have much more sensitive digestive systems than adults!

[rottiemum88]

@hate2020

Thank goodness, thanks everyone. They tasted perfectly fine - I ate a few raw ones before cooking and they were lovely and crunchy. I was just concerned as presumably babies have much more sensitive digestive systems than adults!

But sensitive to what? They're vegetables. If they didn't look or taste off to you then they weren't off. Vegetables don't spoil the same way that meat does.

[dementedpixie]

I dont look at dates on veg either. They either look and taste ok or they dont

[JuliaJohnston]

The dates are completely arbitrary. If they haven't gone off, they're still fine. Greengrocers / butchers / bakers don't date stamp their produce, and people still manage not to poison themselves.

[veryfuckingpeeved]

I wouldn't worry, if they had gone off they would be manly and bendy. I don't check the dates on veg, if they look fine then I use them.

[veryfuckingpeeved]

Manky. Not manly 😆

[JuliaJohnston]

I did wonder 😁

[PhylisPrice]

I have new potatoes in my cupboard thay went out of date in August, look and smell completely fine. They will still get eaten....

[FinallyHere]

The dates are essentially to make sure retail outlets sell the oldest first. If they smell and taste ok, they are ok.

[TheSunIsStillShining]

if something is off/wrong the stomach will reject it within 3 hours. Humans have some nice self defense mechanisms :)
With babies it's minutes

[Disappointedkoala]

I draw the line at (completely) mouldy but anything up to that point is fine in terms of veg and fruit I think! I've never had food poisoning off a dodgy carrot.

[Angelik]

Soon your baby will be licking shoes. You won't be worrying about veg!

[hate2020]

Thanks everyone. She’s my PFB but still, I’m feeling a bit silly now!

[Chloemol]

Please come on, loose fruit and veg don’t have dates on them, you just judge if they are ok. Also best before dates are guides, it’s the dates that they remain best, but you can use them after with no issue. It’s use by dates you need to consider as that normally will mean food will go off within a couple of days

[PurpleDaisies]

It is immoral that fresh vegetables come with a best before date.

This is fine.