peanut butter past due date

[Jbag 0]

how bad is it if you eat peanut butter after the best if used date, like lets say 2.5months?

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[The_Don 0]

As long it smells/tastes ok. should be safe.

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[labrys 0]

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how bad is it if you eat peanut butter after the best if used date, like lets say 2.5months?

Depends a lot on how it's been stored, eh? Is this from a jar kept in the fridge or a sandwich you found behind the sofa?

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[keithbar 1]

people keep peanut butter in the fridge?

i have on occasion been accused of pulling low . My response. Naw I wasn't low I'm just such a big guy I look closer than I really am .

[labrys 0]

I've met people who keep everything they've opened in the fridge.... I'm not that picky. If it can't move on it's own, I'm not afraid to eat it.

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[Jbag 0]

kept in the cupboard at room temp, i never refrigerate my PB, makes no sense to fight to get it to room temp again, so hard ans gross when its in the fridge.

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[1969912 0]

I'd eat it.

This is pretty interesting:

"The Food & Drug Administration, which regulates packaged foods and drugs, only requires a use-by, or expiration, date on infant formula."

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[riddler 0]

I don't think the date on peanut butter is an expiration date. I think its a "it doesn't even start to get tasty until this date" date.

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[aresye 0]

If you eat natural peanut butter, like Smuckers, then it does need to be refrigerated after opening.

I grew up on it, so I always keep my PB in the fridge.

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[d_squared431 0]

Make a few peanut butter cookies and take them to work. If the coworkers dont go home sick or call in sick the next day then you are safe to finish the jar...


You should be fine but make sure it was not on the recall list from 6 months back.

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[Andy9o8 0]

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[xtravrtsoul 0]

PB has an expiration date?

Is it a sell by date that is on the jar? My PB last forever and I eat it. That could explain a lot about me.

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[normiss 622]

I consider a lot of these as "throw this out and buy more of our product" dates.
Except for milk products...but those are usually considerate enough to "TELL" me when they're bad.

[JohnMitchell 14]

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how bad is it if you eat peanut butter after the best if used date, like lets say 2.5months?

Tell your food bank they need to rotate their stock a little better.

Hey, what could go wrong with eating it?

[Jbag 0]

it tasted bad, thats what led me to look at the date...i'm not dead right now so i guess i was lucky :P

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[Nataly 38]

I've never heard of "death by overripe PB" (allergies don't count)!!! But you could always be the first

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[Snowwhite 0]

I thought 3 years was a safe bet, until Patrick came to town a few years back and ate some of my 3 year past expiration PB and said it tasted like Shite. However, I don't think he actually GOT sick, he just said he thought he might. Doesn't count.

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[barbaryn 0]

I didn't know peanut butter could go bad...

[metalslug 31]

Peanut butter typically does not support bacteria and/or mold growth because of its low moisture content (less than 1%) and high oil content. However, the oils can become rancid over time. When peanut butter become rancid, it develops an odd, oily flavor and odor. There are several factors that contribute to the time it takes for peanut butter to become rancid (i.e temperature, additives, oxygen availability). Basically, if it still tastes and smells okay, its probably still safe to consume, but most peanut butters start to turn rancid after 9 to 12 months under normal conditions.
Refrigeration does help in slowing the rate of rancidity.