Sorry, "best by" dates are the strongest indicator I have that I'm not going to get a migraine after eating pantry food. If any given food was equal, the more I push beyond the dates, the more severe they get.
They're not perfect, but to my body, also clearly not meaningless.
Consider that food producers are logically often already under ample pressure to set those dates in reasonable thresholds on both sides by their reputations and their own supply chain lags.
They're not perfect, but to my body, also clearly not meaningless.
Consider that food producers are logically often already under ample pressure to set those dates in reasonable thresholds on both sides by their reputations and their own supply chain lags.