To eat a yogurt that is a month out of date?

[SweetMaryHell]

It’s never been opened - natural yogurt, smells ok - month out of date. AIBU to eat the bastard?

Depends on how much you enjoy vomiting I guess.

Yes, @girlmom21, and your answer was 'we died much younger'. What did you mean by that if not that we all died younger because we didn't have use by and BBE dates?

@Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g that was a contributory factor to premature death.

You're very focussed on the yoghurt specifically.

@Justcallmebebes

If it hasn't been opened, smells and looks fine then yes, I would and probably have

Me too.

Yoghurt keeps for ages if unopened, even longer if a flavoured one with sugar. I use out of date creme fraiche, Greek or natural yoghurt up in baking. Gives cakes a better rise in the same way as buttermilk.

Madly wasteful to bin it.

Of course I'm focused on the yogurt. This is a thread about whether to eat a yogurt which has passed its use by date. People in the UK have only been eating yogurt for a few decades. Life expectancy has not rocketed since yogurt got a use by date.

Live natural yoghurt is okay even if it has been opened provided there is no visible mould (if it’s set yogurt you can just spoon the mould out but not unset). The bacteria helps it last longer.

Fermented products like yoghurt and pickles are a big reason why people can still live to 64 while living in horrifically unhygienic conditions - it builds up our gut bacteria.

It will be absolutely nothing wrong with it, it's a fermented product

I think a month is really pushing it. A week, perhaps.

2 months is the out of date yoghurt record in our house.

I’d not personally, I don’t think I’ve ever wanted a yoghurt bad enough I’d risk it, don’t you have anything better to eat op?

The only problems with youghurt is that it can become mouldy. If that's not the case, go for it.

If it smells and tastes ok I would

@annawi

Go for it! I ate a Muller fruit corner yogurt at the weekend with a best before date of 27 May - it was fine as it had been in the fridge that whole time

And today's lunchtime yoghurt had a best before date of 26 May

I wouldn't, but then again our daughter accidentally ate a yoghurt which was three months out of date and wasn't ill....

@BonnyandPoppy

I would. Yoghurts are fine unless they have gone mouldy

Even mouldy ones are fine - just peel off the mould layer

I would and I have. Yogurt is already off.

I would, as long as it smells tastes fine

You're very focussed on the yoghurt specifically
On a thread about yogurt!🤣

@Chikapu
Depends on how much you enjoy vomiting I guess
Why would you vomit? It's not like rice chicken or fish. It's a fermented substance.

@Chikapu

Depends on how much you enjoy vomiting I guess.

Why would an out of date yoghurt make you vomit?

Its fermented so will probably just be a bit more fermented I.e. tangier. If it looks fine, get it eaten! You could use it in baking if you prefer but no need to bin if it seems ok. The point of fermenting yogurt, sauerkraut, kimchi, etc. is to preserve the raw ingredients. End dates on natural yogurt are way too conservative.

I’ve eaten yoghurt a year out of date and it was fine. You can tell very easily if yoghurt is off (the lid swells or it tastes fermented). If it looks fine just eat it.

I would, with yoghurt it's easy to tell if it's out of date by the smell. If it tastes and looks fine then it is fine to eat

If it looks, smells and tastes OK, it's fine. I used to be married to a chef, and that was his rule.