Cheese can usually be kept for 4 to 12 weeks beyond the expiry date if well refrigerated.
I only recommend being very careful with raw milk products.
Just stick to these 3 points:
Look, smell and taste.
And if in doubt, dispose of it.
It is more critical with cooked pasta, as you can get very sick very quickly, so it is better to dispose of it immediately if in doubt.
Should be totally fine.
Absolutely fine.
Most, if not all, milk products are fine way after their best before date if kept properly and unopened.
That includes milk, yoghurt, desserts, cheese, cream, butter, etc.
We’ve come a long way these last couple decades 🙂
I personally wouldnt do, beeing sick costs more than those 4 bucks 😶
Edit: Thanks for all the downvotes lol😂
They get better with age 😉 Have at it!
Hard paste cheeses are pretty much imperishable. If there is mold you can simply scrap it away.
When I see discounted prices on cheeses close to expiry dates I laugh my way to the cashier and keep it even longer in my fridge, never been sick. The only cheeses I wouldn’t eat are the one that get the fuzzy mold on them after you forget them for too long.
He’ll surely be better.
Yes but please respond here if it killed ya.
The cheese in question is likely over 1 year old already. The older, the saltier and drier.
yep, check if there is any greenish mold (if there’s only white crust, that’s probably salt)
even if there is greenish stuff, you could cut of the outside on all side (~1mm+) and it would be fine,
you just don’t want the side products of the mold growing because of the water on the outside.
If there is no obvious mould on the cheese it’s good to eat.
Most expiration dates are usually for regulators, not for consumers.
Cheese never expires, it actually gets more valuable over time.
Yes, it’s fine. If the taste or smell is very off you can throw it away.
I always see the food expiry date as the moment a manufacturer no longer has responsibility on your health should you consume it.
Refrigerated hard or semi-hard cheese, and the package has never been opened?
It will still be good after several months.
Of course! it only gets better with time
Don’t do that ! There’s a small chance you will turn into a German
I would not take that risk
Yes you can. Absolutely. Just as yoghurts when it’s not bloated, even after months.
Yes. That is not fresh cheese. With hard cheese like gruyère, you can count on the fact that the mold can’t enter that easily. If you see mold, just removing it is enough.
Sure. It says _best before_, not _do not consume after_.
(Or rather _mindestens haltbar bis_)
I always eat cheese as long as there is no visible mold on it or it smells/tastes odd.
Taking one bite out of something that isn’t obviously moldy won’t kill you btw so you can absolutely try one small piece to check!
Of course you can
Even if open I woukd eat it. If it gets whiter on sone sides, cut those parts and it’s srill good to go
Don’t tell anyone I told you this, but making cheese requires you let it sit around for a while on purpose!
Gruyere takes 8-14 months… of just sitting around between 55 and 57 °F! Crazy right?
Seriously though, as long as it isn’t growing mold it should be fine.
I’ve eaten cheese (and yogurt) waaaay past the expiry date.
Mindesthaltbarkeitsdatum = The producer guarantees no change in quality of the product up to this date. So it tastes, feels and smells as he intends. It doesn’t mean its unhealthy to eat it after it expired.
Verbrauchsdatum = It’s unhealthy to eat this product after it expired.
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Yes!
Cheese can usually be kept for 4 to 12 weeks beyond the expiry date if well refrigerated.
I only recommend being very careful with raw milk products.
Just stick to these 3 points:
Look, smell and taste.
And if in doubt, dispose of it.
It is more critical with cooked pasta, as you can get very sick very quickly, so it is better to dispose of it immediately if in doubt.
Should be totally fine.
Absolutely fine.
Most, if not all, milk products are fine way after their best before date if kept properly and unopened.
That includes milk, yoghurt, desserts, cheese, cream, butter, etc.
We’ve come a long way these last couple decades 🙂
I personally wouldnt do, beeing sick costs more than those 4 bucks 😶
Edit: Thanks for all the downvotes lol😂
They get better with age 😉 Have at it!
Hard paste cheeses are pretty much imperishable. If there is mold you can simply scrap it away.
When I see discounted prices on cheeses close to expiry dates I laugh my way to the cashier and keep it even longer in my fridge, never been sick. The only cheeses I wouldn’t eat are the one that get the fuzzy mold on them after you forget them for too long.
He’ll surely be better.
Yes but please respond here if it killed ya.
The cheese in question is likely over 1 year old already. The older, the saltier and drier.
yep, check if there is any greenish mold (if there’s only white crust, that’s probably salt)
even if there is greenish stuff, you could cut of the outside on all side (~1mm+) and it would be fine,
you just don’t want the side products of the mold growing because of the water on the outside.
If there is no obvious mould on the cheese it’s good to eat.
Most expiration dates are usually for regulators, not for consumers.
Cheese never expires, it actually gets more valuable over time.
Yes, it’s fine. If the taste or smell is very off you can throw it away.
I always see the food expiry date as the moment a manufacturer no longer has responsibility on your health should you consume it.
Refrigerated hard or semi-hard cheese, and the package has never been opened?
It will still be good after several months.
Of course! it only gets better with time
Don’t do that ! There’s a small chance you will turn into a German
I would not take that risk
Yes you can. Absolutely. Just as yoghurts when it’s not bloated, even after months.
Yes. That is not fresh cheese. With hard cheese like gruyère, you can count on the fact that the mold can’t enter that easily. If you see mold, just removing it is enough.
Sure. It says _best before_, not _do not consume after_.
(Or rather _mindestens haltbar bis_)
I always eat cheese as long as there is no visible mold on it or it smells/tastes odd.
Taking one bite out of something that isn’t obviously moldy won’t kill you btw so you can absolutely try one small piece to check!
Of course you can
Even if open I woukd eat it. If it gets whiter on sone sides, cut those parts and it’s srill good to go
Don’t tell anyone I told you this, but making cheese requires you let it sit around for a while on purpose!
Gruyere takes 8-14 months… of just sitting around between 55 and 57 °F! Crazy right?
Seriously though, as long as it isn’t growing mold it should be fine.
I’ve eaten cheese (and yogurt) waaaay past the expiry date.
Mindesthaltbarkeitsdatum = The producer guarantees no change in quality of the product up to this date. So it tastes, feels and smells as he intends. It doesn’t mean its unhealthy to eat it after it expired.
Verbrauchsdatum = It’s unhealthy to eat this product after it expired.
No! Send it to me for safe disposal.