The older I get the more I'm concerned about things like the labelling on the food we eat. I've made a bit of the study of the subject and this is what I have concluded.
There is a significant difference between food labeled "Use by March 1, 2025 " and food labeled "Better If Used by March1, 2025." The "Use By" admonition is hard and fast. You shouldn't dare eat the product, let's say it's pudding, once you have transgressed the proffered date. What will happen?
"OMG. I missed the "Use By March1, 2025" date! It's March 2! I'm poisoned! Oh no, I'm glowing green! I'm probably radioactive!
Then there is the "Better If Used by March 1, 2025" ....
"Oh, it's March 2, I missed the March 1 date. You know, this pudding is good. But yesterday it was better."
There's no hard and fast drop dead date. You could eat the pudding next year. It would still be pretty good, it just wouldn't be "better."
All you'd have to do is keep in mind to eat it before the Apocalypse.
Then there are products labelled "Enjoy by March 1, 2025." But what if I eat the pudding before the provided date and I don't enjoy it? Then the label is a lie! They promised enjoyment and didn't deliver.
So avoid this label.
And so the morale of the story is always buy food labeled "Better If Used By" because you can pretty much eat it forever. I hope this clarifies things for you.
I wish it did for me.
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