Approved food

I dont know how many have seen this but i come across this site today purely by acciedent alright some of the stuff is past is SBD but looks like a cheap little shop:

The biggest online seller of close to, and past, best before date food and drink. | Approved Food

roachieuk said:

I dont know how many have seen this but i come across this site today purely by acciedent alright some of the stuff is past is SBD but looks like a cheap little shop:

The biggest online seller of close to, and past, best before date food and drink. | Approved Food

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Lol, you jest?

If you look at 'cheap sell by date food' on google there are at least half a dozen mail order places that deal with this stuff. I'll got a local discount place which does it (and imported stuff) so haven't tried any of the online ones.

https://www.google.co.uk/webhp?sour...2&ie=UTF-8#safe=off&q=cheap sell by date food

I only posted in jest as we regularly check the local shops most of which have a 'reduced' shelf. For example, bread goes straight in the freezer and defrosts in seconds in the microwave. A lot of veg is straight from chiller to shelf so it goes off quite quickly so I buy more than I need and freeze it ready-prepared

Not all stuff in approved food is past its sell by date. My company send stuff to them as whilst in date retailers want 75% of the shelf life remianing else they wont buy from us.

So approved is a good outlet for us though generally we do not send past its shelf life stock to them so as to protect our brands.

There is also a wide missconception on SBD/BBE dates.

The Sell by date or the Best before date is a guideline on when a product will not taste as good as it was meant to / originally would. It does not therefore mean it is not safe it means that it wont be as the manufacture intended. Obviously how the product is stored etc has a big influence.

Never though exceeed the Use by date that should mean from that date the product is genenally not fit for consumption.

overthefence said:

The Sell by date or the Best before date is a guideline on when a product will not taste as good as it was meant to / originally would. It does not therefore mean it is not safe it means that it wont be as the manufacture intended. Obviously how the product is stored etc has a big influence.

Never though exceeed the Use by date that should mean from that date the product is genenally not fit for consumption.

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I don't understand why canned goods have a use by date of only a few years, and same with dried goods to some extent.

So many factors but the most obvious being (dried goods) has it been opened? If so it's taking on moisture from the air. Then there's the 'what', what type of food is it? Some last way longer than others. For example, there's not much can go wrong in a sealed pack of rice or pasta.

As far as cans are concerned storing in a cool, dark place will easily push the 'use by' out to at least twice. Things to watch out for are dents or other damage, contents type and some say contamination from the can material. On the latter, I'm not convinced.

And, as @overthefence posted, many manufacturers give short use-by dates simply to provide top quality in taste terms.