Drank week expired apple juice :(

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Was craving some apple juice earlier, bough over a litre in Tesco (Copella apple and elderflower). Got home and drank nearly half of it before realising it expired on 30/11!!!

Bottle says this is a best before date...do you think I'll get sick? it looks, smells and tastes ok. But how old is too old?!

You'll be fine

Apple juice that has gone over tastes rank, if it tasted ok still it’s fine.

It’ll be fine it has crazy long best before date not a use by date and a week isn’t going to make any difference

Also you're more likely to get drunk than sick with out-of-date fruit juice. But it's quite obvious taste-wise when it's fermented!

You will be fine. Best before dates are just advisory for the product to taste its best. Use by dates are the ones you need to pay attention to.

Yes I'd think at worst it would have tasted bad or got you slightly tipsy.

6 days out of date? Are you serious, you will do yourself immeasurable harm by drinking this. How could you?

Ah I am kidding. I rarely check the dates on liquids, just do the awkward movement of bottle or tub to nose, and if it smells OK, it's good to go.

I had a Greek yogurt yesterday dated end September. Smelt fine, tasted fine and I'm still here to tell the tale.

Saving on food waste me! I shall polish my halo in a bit.

Unopened and tasting fine will be fine I’m sure, especially as it’s a best before not a use by date. Apple juice is pretty safe and unlikely to be harbouring anything nasty, it was unopened and stored in a shop fridge so the temp would’ve been monitored and kept stable, and it smelled, looked and tasted fine.

I’m the same as you, I panic about these things, but really what can you do about it now? It’s highly unlikely to have any adverse effects, but if it does there’s nothing you can do about it right now.

Oh yes apple juice 6 days after its best before is one of the deadliest things known to mankind. Second only to novachok.

If it looks fine, smells fine and tastes fine, it will be fine. If it was off, it would be obvious.

You’ll probably live, OP.

Dunno OP, have you got your affairs in order?

If you're lucky you made have made scrumpy

I'm not scared of dying, I'm scared of throwing up! Emetophobic

Thanks for the reassuring and less reassuring responses!!

Best before is different from Use By.
If it tasted alright you'll be fine.
Dates like that aren't set in stone anyway.

Why the blush emote because you drank half of it?
You'll be fine btw, but I'm wondering about that, why would it be embarrassing to drink some juice?

It's a best before date!! Not a use by!!! So much food wastage around if people don't understand this

Oh op you’ll be fine. Fermented drinks are actually great for you, I use shop bought juices to ferment in kombucha all the time.

You’ll be fine. I’ve just eaten a muller rice dated 26th Nov.... Try to distract yourself or you’ll think yourself nauseated!

I drank some longlife milk in my coffee this morning. The use by date was April. I'm fine.

Brillo the bit I didn't mention was I downed it straight from the bottle before I'd even stepped through the front door

You’ll be just fine, honestly

On things like juice you can easily add a week to their best before date, that’s built into the date... ‘best before’ is not ‘poisonous after’...

If it was off, you would have noticed. You will be fine.

Off apple juice tastes awful, you’d know after a sip if there was anything wrong with it. You’ll be fine

If it's not fizzy or furry, crack on