Which cheeses are safe after sell by date

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We've been given a cheese selection box today, sell by date expires tomorrow. It includes cheddar, red leicester, brie, stilton, edam and a smoked cheese. I'm the only serious cheese eater in the house and have already bought a couple of treat cheeses for myself to eat, so fear they'll be wasted.

They’ll all be fine for ages.

All of them in my opinion!

At least a week or two will be fine

All of them.
I wouldn’t be concerned about sell by dates on cheese at all.

Yup, all of them. Enjoy

block cheese will be fine for months if stored sensibly.
it can also be frozen.

All of them, it’s cheese. I throw it when it goes mouldy.

Yes theyll be fine. However they freeze well aparantly. Id be tempted of eat the brie and freeze the hard cheese.

i think dates are irrelevant on cheese - but if you’re bothered then freeze them.

If it's hard cheese I just cut the mould off and it's fine.

They’ll last ages. I’ve never looked at the date on cheese in my life.

Don't think I've ever looked at a date on cheese. If it's mouldy then it's off, apart from blue obviously . Even then, if it's a little bit of mould I have been known to cut it off and carry on.

All of them. I might be inclined to freeze some of the hard cheeses if you are the only person eating them.

Brie in particular is at it's best a long way after the best before date, when it is able to walk on to your plate by itself.

Ages. But you can freeze most too.

Is it a sell by or a best by date? Sell by dates allow additional time for consumption.

Exactly this, and perfectly safe to eat,
even blue cheese which has mould injected into it is a fine example

Mould is ok. One of my relations lived to be 100 because she regularly ate pork pie with mould on it --- penicillin, another relation maintained.

All cheese is fine for ever. Shave off the mould and carry on.

but cheese can be frozen if you’re unsure!

Cheese is fine. Do any of them have fruit in, like cranberries? I tend to eat those ones earlier than the others, but not strictly to the use by date.

All of em.

All of it. By its nature, cheese has already 'gone off'. Pass the crackers... 🧀

'I'm the only serious cheese eater in the house'

You lucky thing. I have to hide cheese to make sure I get some.

All of them. And they'll all taste much better! Camembert only gets properly runny about a month after its use-by date.

I agree that they will all be fine. Cheese can last for a long time and will probably improve on keeping.

You cannot be a serious cheese eater and ask that question!

What do you think might happen to them?

Do you routinely check the date on cheese, mould is pretty easy to spot and cut off