I’ve had to study this in depth, and the majority of “best by” dates are meaningless trash invented by the company. That suggest “maximum freshness and flavor!” A totally subjective measure.
Do you really trust PepsiCo / FritoLay to put dates on chips that give you the last possible time to eat the product? Or dates that nudge you to eat product faster?
I trust the ones I was required to put on meats and bakery items when I worked a grocery position. Those were always pretty accurate to when something would start to rot unless they were frozen before that date.
Yah, that’s entirely different. Obviously there’s an interest in not selling spoiled food and making people sick. As opposed to processed foods where the Best By date is a manufacturer decision.
Now make them make the date printed on bread legible. I hate it when the printer is misaligned so the date goes completely off the loaf, or when it’s black text on a black background.
It would be nice to see better oversight on these things.
Thank goodness. I always wanted to buy stale chips and bread that starts getting mold on it a few days after I buy it.
