To eat a yogurt that is a month out of date?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It’s never been opened - natural yogurt, smells ok - month out of date.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?

If it hadn’t been opened then no problem at all.

It only goes bad when open and mouldy. Otherwise it’s fine.

If it’s plain yogurt that is. The flavoured ones are bad to start with.

YANBU
we've used yogurts, cottage cheese, creme fraiche, cream cheese that expired much much longer before. my experience is that use by date can be extended by a good 2 or 3 months usually for those
never on purpose, it's to do with object permanence: if I don't see it I forget it's there

I opened a pot of half fat creme fraiche this morning, use by date: 26th July.
it was a bit whiffy so threw it out.

I wouldn't eat it, no. But then I don't eat anything past its use by date. I know that's not the done thing here on Mumsnet where we have weirdos eating Muller Light yogurts nearly 6 months past their use by date but I'm comfortable with that. I sant imagine the state of someone's fridge if they've got yogurts from May in them. Ugh

I'm sore it won't do you any harm but to answer the OPs question specifically, it's a hard pass from me

If it’s sealed and smells alright it’ll be fine. Most foods tell you when they’ve gone bad - yoghurt is definitely one of them!

It's probably fine, but why risk it, hardly expensive.

@CharlieFarl1e

I wouldn't eat it, no. But then I don't eat anything past its use by date. I know that's not the done thing here on Mumsnet where we have weirdos eating Muller Light yogurts nearly 6 months past their use by date but I'm comfortable with that. I sant imagine the state of someone's fridge if they've got yogurts from May in them. Ugh

I'm sore it won't do you any harm but to answer the OPs question specifically, it's a hard pass from me

Good for you. I just hope you're absolutely rigorous about only buying food you can eat before it reaches its use by date, or getting it into the freezer.

A month out of date is nothing for yoghurt. I regularly eat them a month or more out of date.

If it looks and smells ok it will be ok to eat.

I eat anything out of date that smells fine. A month would prob be the limit but I’d go for it. Drives me mad when my friends throw out yogurts a day last bbd when they’re fine. I take everyone’s old yogs 😂

@CharlieFarl1e

I wouldn't eat it, no. But then I don't eat anything past its use by date. I know that's not the done thing here on Mumsnet where we have weirdos eating Muller Light yogurts nearly 6 months past their use by date but I'm comfortable with that. I sant imagine the state of someone's fridge if they've got yogurts from May in them. Ugh

I'm sore it won't do you any harm but to answer the OPs question specifically, it's a hard pass from me

I wouldn't be proud of wasting food. No food automatically goes off at midnight on its use by date. Just use some common sense about whether it looks and smells ok.

The food waste in the UK is disgraceful

I sant imagine the state of someone's fridge if they've got yogurts from May in them. Ugh

If only you could see my cupboards.

I've eaten (unopened) yogurt, eight months out of date.
It was lovely.

Subsequent health and digestion: fine and uneventful.

I might need to add a disclaimer that I have an iron gut.

The whole point of making yogurt was to preserve milk for longer in hot climates before refrigeration was invented.
I have eaten yogurt myself that was a month over its date. Trust your senses, OP.
I have also eaten suet more than four years over its date, rollmop herrings in dill vinegar four months over, milk three days over, bilberries two weeks over.
I suspect supermarkets put unnecessarily short dates in the hope that people will throw the food out, and come back to buy replacements, increasing profits. The safety margin for food spoilage is ridiculously underestimated.

I sant imagine the state of someone's fridge if they've got yogurts from May in them. Ugh
Don't be ridiculousnabpnd dramatic with your 'ugh'😂
You can have a clean fridge and overlook a pot of something now and again.

We would never have fine wines, aged whiskey's or matured cheese and meats if a lot MN had anything to do with it!

“Don’t trust the sniff test. Food can look and smell fine even after its use-by date, but that doesn't mean it's safe to eat. It could still be contaminated.

You cannot see, smell or taste the bacteria that cause food poisoning.”

There’s a difference between a best before date and a use by date. Best before dates are about quality of the product and use by are about the safety of the product.

www.food.gov.uk/safety-hygiene/best-before-and-use-by-dates

@Westfacing

It's probably fine, but why risk it, hardly expensive.

But what's the risk? If it looks, smells and tastes OK it is OK, there's no risk.

In case anyone hasn't noticed, we're in an environmental crisis, so we absolutely should be avoiding needless waste. Money doesn't come into it.

We must not blindly throw away good food because it has passed an arbitary date that has been set very conservatively to account for people who's fridges aren't at the correct temperature and to encourage people to throw it away and buy more.

I don't think I've ever had a yogurt in my fridge for long enough to go a month out of date, but I've had Feta cheese that was about 6 months out of date and it was absolutely fine, so it seems reasonable to me that a month out of date yogurt could also be still safe to eat.

I remember having kids round to play and for tea when mine were younger, and whipping off the lids of yogurts before they could see them, if we'd passed the date on the top. Everyone survived, but it was obviously touch and go!

@WeLovetoBoogieonaSaturdayNight

I've eaten (unopened) yogurt, eight months out of date. It was lovely. Subsequent health and digestion: fine and uneventful.

I might need to add a disclaimer that I have an iron gut.

@WeLovetoBoogieonaSaturdayNight

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FIL is like you. once he ate mayonnaise that was 2 or 3 years out of date (obv had been unopened). he was fine.
I call it shark stomach after I learnt they have such strong stomach acid they can digest chunks of metal!😱

@Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g I am indeed fastidious! But then I'm the type who cleans and disinfects their fridge every week so the chances of months old food in there is nil

I'm not being dramatic btw as another poster has commented. I'm merely giving my point of view and that's that I think it's pretty revolting to have old out of date food in a fridge. I'm clearly a bit of an outlier on the thread

@mydogisthebest where did I say I wasted food?

Wouldn't worry me as long as it smelt and tasted ok.
Might be a bit 'fizzy' at a month out of code.

[quote CharlieFarl1e]@mydogisthebest where did I say I wasted food? [/quote]
You said you don't eat anything past its use by date. If you always manage to eat absolutely everything in your cupboards and fridge within the date then that's good. Most of us are not that perfect

Meant to say also that the comment about the state of someone's fridge if they eat out of date food is ridiculous.

I clean my fridge out every couple of days but regularly eat out of date food

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger seriously though I wouldn't

[quote CharlieFarl1e]@Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g I am indeed fastidious! But then I'm the type who cleans and disinfects their fridge every week so the chances of months old food in there is nil

I'm not being dramatic btw as another poster has commented. I'm merely giving my point of view and that's that I think it's pretty revolting to have old out of date food in a fridge. I'm clearly a bit of an outlier on the thread [/quote]
I think the point people are trying to make is that the yogurt is only "out of date" because of a relatively arbitrary date stamped on the lid, that it's obvious when yogurt has gone off and shouldn't be eaten, and that the binning of the yogurt purely based on the date stamp is avoidable food waste.

I would eat it and have many times if it looks an tastes OK it will be fine.