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How Long Can You Eat Food After the Expiration Date? - Medium
When was the last time you threw out food because it was “expired” before you could enjoy it? If you’re like most Americans, it was today. Yep, the average U.S. citizen tosses almost a pound of food a day, according to a 2018 PLoS ONE study.
“Food waste drives me crazy even in my own household,” says Bonnie Taub-Dix, RDN, a dietitian based in New York City, creator of BetterThanDieting.com, and author of Read it Before You Eat It: Taking You from Label to Table. “I can’t tell you how many times my kids have said, ‘Is this still good?’ about something that had an expiration date for that day! (And of course they want me to taste it first.)”
When was the last time you threw out food because it was “expired” before you could enjoy it? If you’re like most Americans, it was today. Yep, the average U.S. citizen tosses almost a pound of food a day, according to a 2018 PLoS ONE study.
“Food waste drives me crazy even in my own household,” says Bonnie Taub-Dix, RDN, a dietitian based in New York City, creator of BetterThanDieting.com, and author of Read it Before You Eat It: Taking You from Label to Table. “I can’t tell you how many times my kids have said, ‘Is this still good?’ about something that had an expiration date for that day! (And of course they want me to taste it first.)”