If you have products and food at home, in your refrigerator or in your pantry and you’re not sure whether to eat them or throw them away, here’s a list of foods that you can safely consume even if they’ve passed their expiration date.

First, it’s important to distinguish between the expiration date and the best before date. You’ll find these dates on food labels.

Before consuming any food, our instinct leads us to check the expiration date, also known as the best-before date. If it has passed, we tend to throw certain foods away without a second thought.

But these expiration dates are also the cause of a lot of food waste, so we must first understand them well, because it is possible to consume many foods even after the expiration date.

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What do you need to know about food expiration dates?
First, it’s important to distinguish between the expiration date and the best-before date. You’ll find these dates on food labels. The best-before date is usually preceded by the words “best before…” and refers to less perishable foods, such as eggs or beer, for example. The best-before date is preceded by the words “best before…” and refers to perishable products. These are products that are usually kept refrigerated, such as yogurt or fresh milk, and which can endanger your health if they have expired and you consume them.

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