throwing away out of date frozen food?

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i threw away a load of frozen food, best before or use by, i cant remember, 2022
i have been persuaded here to use out of date tinned food but what about frozen food,
frozen fruit,
frozen quorn,
frozen vegetarian sausage rolls?
all at least 6 months out of date

All fine. Nothing wrong with it.

In theory there may have been quality issues with some items- the precooked pastry sausage rolls might be a bit flakier than us ideal, for example.

There won't be safety issues.

Honestly that's an awful waste. Food stays good for as long as it's frozen.

I'd eat it and not throw it away. I only really throw frozen food out if it has significant freezer burn.

Yes it was fine, freezing food stops it from going bad. A best before date can be ignored. Its best before that date, but also OK after

I only really throw frozen food out if it has significant freezer burn.

Definitely this. But I have to be sneaky because my DP is religious about dates whereas I'll eat anything! I've never had a dodgy tum yet. (We don't eat meat)

I’ve never even thought to check dates on frozen food if I’m honest! I hate food waste so it wouldn’t deter me even if it was out of date.

I wouldn't even think to check dates on frozen food. It would all have been fine. Shame you didn't think to ask before binning it.

i know @AnnoyedFromSlough

so how old is too old?

It's as long as a piece of string.

According to a food safety website

'The guidelines for freezer storage are for quality only—frozen foods stored continuously at 0 °F or below can be kept indefinitely'

I’ve never checked dates on anything frozen in my life, it’d be absolutely fine.

I have stuff in my freezer that’s five years old and it still gets used. It’s completely fine. Only freezer burn stuff gets thrown away.

Why ask after you've done it? You've wasted a load of food and now have gone to the effort of making a thread?

and thanks for your effort @PsychoHotSauce

Is it fresh food you froze or frozen food already?
If a BB date is 03/22 and it's fresh when you freeze it the date means nothing surely as that's why you have frozen it 🤔

I never ever check the dates on frozen food. I freeze stuff so I don’t have to chuck it away. If it’s in the freezer then it’s fine!

no its stuff i bought in the freezer department of the shop, which is why it has the date on
i have no idea about stuff i freeze myself, mainly blackberries

Agree with previous posters. All ok unless there is freezer burn. I have cooked a few frozen vegetables which looked a bit gnarled, but they plumped up when steamed. Occasionally I throw something away when I realise it is NEVER getting used!

Hmmm... Maybe for next time? Do you always think in such a short term way?

Surely the short term thinking lies with the OP - impulsively throwing away food and only questioning it when it's too late to do anything about it

Terrible waste. Dont quite understand why people do this but my OH is the same, he has a problem quite honestly

I have this argument with DH all the time! Frozen food lasts forever. You can completely ignore those dates.

it is food for dd not for myself, and that swung it for me, i would hate to send her back to university with an upset tummy after eating the out of date vegetarian sausage rolls!
and i didnt particularly like that frozen fruit anyway
but for next time, i will do better research

I read a brilliant article recently about some archaeologists/paleontogists who cooked and ate a few slices of a Siberian frozen mammoth carcass to see what it was like. Horrible freezer burn, apparently!

Your food was perfectly good, op.