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Posted: 1/26/2014 7:22:37 AM EDT

Canned soup expired in 2010, still good to eat?

I've got some expired 2010, 2011, 1013 ect.....eat or throw out?

Posted: 1/26/2014 7:23:35 AM EDT

[#1]

1013? That one probably not...

2010? Sure. Open it, smell it, taste it.

Posted: 1/26/2014 7:24:01 AM EDT

[#2]

Eat it as long as it doesn't bulge. I eat older cans all the time.

I've found the newer pop top cans do develop corrosion right along the seam of the poptop, and am cautious with those.

I've noticed Chef Boy Ardee has switched back to normal cans, but Dinty Moore, Hormel, etc... are still using pop tops.

Posted: 1/26/2014 7:25:03 AM EDT

[#3]

I've had chicken soup from 2007. It didn't have the flavor of new, but I didn't get sick either.

Posted: 1/26/2014 7:25:07 AM EDT

[#4]

Its not "expired". Its past its "best by" date.

Eat it.

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Posted: 1/26/2014 7:25:10 AM EDT

[#5]

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Canned soup expired in 2010, still good to eat?

I've got some expired 2010, 2011, 1013 ect.....eat or throw out?

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It's ok to eat it, I have eating some older that that.
The best test is the smell test, if it smells OK, it's ok to eat it.

Posted: 1/26/2014 7:25:54 AM EDT

[#6]

I have some at home a bit older than that and the contents taste like metal. Otherwise it isn't spoiled or bad in any way. The soup just tastes like crap.

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Posted: 1/26/2014 7:26:37 AM EDT

[#7]

It's a $1-$2 can of soup. Throw it away and get a new one.

Posted: 1/26/2014 7:27:36 AM EDT

[#8]

There's enough sodium in that product to make it last FOREVER.

Posted: 1/26/2014 7:29:01 AM EDT

[#9]

Eat it, you will be fine.

Posted: 1/26/2014 7:29:21 AM EDT

[#10]

I just ate a package of Mountain House Beef Teriyaki that expired in 2006. It was fine.

Posted: 1/26/2014 7:29:34 AM EDT

[#11]

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1013? That one probably not...

2010? Sure. Open it, smell it, taste it.

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True, people during the Middle Ages didn't understand food safety very well....

Posted: 1/26/2014 7:29:56 AM EDT

[#12]

Is it bulging or rusty? If not, then it isn't expired.

Posted: 1/26/2014 7:30:28 AM EDT

[#13]

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It's a $1-$2 can of soup. Throw it away and get a new one.

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Posted: 1/26/2014 7:30:39 AM EDT

[#14]

Take one for the team. Eat it and get back to us with the results.

Posted: 1/26/2014 7:30:41 AM EDT

[#15]

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Eat it as long as it doesn't bulge or has dented or broken seams. I eat older cans all the time.

I've found the newer pop top cans do develop corrosion right along the seam of the poptop, and am cautious with those.

I've noticed Chef Boy Ardee has switched back to normal cans, but Dinty Moore, Hormel, etc... are still using pop tops.

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This. The expiration date is more of a food quality issue, than a safety issue.

Posted: 1/26/2014 7:30:42 AM EDT

[#16]

most dates are for stock rotating purposes, and to cause people to go buy more when they dont need it. Not that it is "bad" past said date

Posted: 1/26/2014 7:31:10 AM EDT

[#17]

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It's a $1-$2 can of soup. Throw it away and get a new one.

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I'd shoot it, just for the lulz.

Posted: 1/26/2014 7:31:20 AM EDT

[#18]

That 2007 Healthy Choice tasted good last year.

Posted: 1/26/2014 8:19:12 AM EDT

[#19]

Got some hot sauce?

Posted: 1/26/2014 8:20:08 AM EDT

[#20]

If the can isn't swollen, it's safe to eat.

Posted: 1/26/2014 8:26:48 AM EDT

[#21]

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This. The expiration date is more of a food quality issue, than a safety issue.

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I've had numerous packaging engineers say this.

Posted: 1/26/2014 8:30:46 AM EDT

[#22]

I think there is a law that mandates all food have some kind of expiration date on it. Air is a foods worst enemy. I'd say that as long as something is air tight it could long outlive it's expansion date by several years.
I once drank a 20 year old Pepsi and I'm still here.

Posted: 1/26/2014 8:32:44 AM EDT

[#23]

My parents were eating rations from ww2 and Korea in basic durin the 70s. I think you are ok.

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Posted: 1/26/2014 8:33:19 AM EDT

[#24]

I had an experience this week with a restaurant 2-pack of saltine crackers. I was nuking some chili, saw a bag of crackers left over from an office lunch and grabbed a few packs. I put the first saltine in my mouth and about threw up. I was like I just ate a spoonful of bondo. The chemical taste was aweful. I emailed Keebler and got this reply:

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Posted: 1/26/2014 8:35:59 AM EDT

[#25]

Ten years is my personal limit

Posted: 1/26/2014 8:42:24 AM EDT

[#26]

Basically it works out to a simple equation

save $1 on a can of soup vs the risk of spending a few days vomiting

Posted: 1/26/2014 8:43:39 AM EDT

[#27]

http://www.hormelfoods.com/About/FAQs/FAQs

Read the canned food part.

Posted: 1/26/2014 8:49:03 AM EDT

[#28]

Eat it. It won't kill you.

Posted: 1/26/2014 8:50:34 AM EDT

[#29]

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http://www.hormelfoods.com/About/FAQs/FAQs

Read the canned food part.

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no facts allowed, PLEASE

we only accept personal experience and random bickering

http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?parentnav=FAQS_BYTOPIC&FAQ_NAVIGATION_ID=FOOD_FQ&FAQ_NAVIGATION_TYPE=FAQS_BYTOPIC&contentid=faqdetail-24.xml&edeployment_action=retrievecontent

Posted: 1/26/2014 8:51:28 AM EDT

[#30]

Your canned food will still be safe to eat for 100 years. As other have said as long as the can is not compromised.

Here food was tested that was found on the bottom of the Mississippi river.

Canned Food Storage Life

Posted: 1/26/2014 8:53:23 AM EDT

[#31]

should be fine. I am not a doctor though.

Posted: 1/26/2014 8:55:31 AM EDT

[#32]

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It's a $1-$2 can of soup. Throw it away and get a new one.

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Fuckin 1%ers throwing away perfectly good food.

Posted: 1/26/2014 10:01:13 AM EDT

[#33]

I would eat it without hesitation

I had some canned chicken(great value WM brand) that was 2yrs past and tasted great,I kept several cans to try again in another couple of years.

Posted: 1/26/2014 10:03:04 AM EDT

[#34]

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Basically it works out to a simple equation

save $1 on a can of soup vs the risk of spending a few days vomiting

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Don't sell the weight loss opportunity short.

Posted: 1/26/2014 10:04:24 AM EDT

[#35]

I voted throw out since soup is cheap, but if the can isn't bulged, and it smells ok, its probably ok to eat...although I would not since I can afford to buy fresh food.

Posted: 1/26/2014 10:33:12 AM EDT

[#36]

I'm not putting back all these emergency canned goods to throw them out!

If later in life I have to choose between starving and eating slop, I know I'll pop the top.

Posted: 1/26/2014 11:17:59 AM EDT

[#37]

note...

"BEST BY X date"

Does not mean EXPIRED by X date.

Posted: 1/26/2014 11:20:39 AM EDT

[#38]

I still have soup from 01 its fine as long as it doesn't explode when you open it

Posted: 1/26/2014 11:23:22 AM EDT

[#39]

Expired canned foods make excellent reactive targets.

Posted: 1/26/2014 11:36:21 AM EDT

[#40]

Food drive would immediately throw it away.

If not bulged, give it the smell test and if it passes, eat it.

Posted: 1/26/2014 11:37:26 AM EDT

[#41]

Just in case this don't go well
I got dibs on guns, ammo and optics

Eat up bub

Posted: 1/26/2014 12:16:01 PM EDT

[#42]

As long as the can isn't corroded it should be OK.

Eat it or throw it out..

If it is spoiled, don't feed it to your dog.

Option 4 is a NOGO. I've sorted food donations for the local food drive a few times and they would have thrown it out. by their rules, packages can't be more than 30 days past the expiration date to keep.