Is it OK to eat expired dried fruit?

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asked Jun 25, 2022 in Other-Food Drink by Eicsnorton (980 points)
Is it OK to eat expired dried fruit?

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answered Jul 3, 2022 by Capobianco (12,490 points)
It is OK to eat expired dried fruit.

Dried fruit does not really expire but has a best by date that is best to eat the dried fruit by.

However even after the best by date or use by date or expiration date the dried fruit is still safe to eat.

As long as the dried fruit tastes okay and does not smell bad or have any mold on it then the dried fruit is okay to eat even after expiration or when it's past it's use by date.

If kept properly stored, dried fruits can last for several months after the expiration date.

In fact, even if they are just stored in the pantry, they can last from six months to a year after the expiration date as long as the container is airtight and properly sealed after each use.

Recommended storage times for dried foods range from 4 months to 1 year.

Because food quality is affected by heat, the storage temperature helps determine the length of storage; the higher the temperature, the shorter the storage time.

Most dried fruits can be stored for 1 year at 60ºF, 6 months at 80ºF.

Dried fruits may cause you to have gas, abdominal cramping, bloating, constipation or possibly diarrhea.

Avoid these negative effects by keeping your dried fruit intake to a small amount each day or split your portion into two separate servings.

Dried fruit is fruit from which the majority of the original water content has been removed either naturally, through sun drying, or through the use of specialized dryers or dehydrators.

Dates are one serious candidate for the title of healthiest dried fruit, with high levels of iron, fiber, potassium, antioxidants, and more.

Dates also have a low glycemic index, so they do not typically contribute to a spike in blood sugar.

Dried fruit is highly nutritious. One piece of dried fruit contains about the same amount of nutrients as the fresh fruit, but condensed in a much smaller package.

By weight, dried fruit contains up to 3.5 times the fiber, vitamins and minerals of fresh fruit.

Popular dried fruits include raisins, dates, prunes (dried plums), figs, apricots and peaches.

Fruits such as dried mango, pineapple and berries are also available, but these tend to be dried with added sugar.

For just about every type of dried fruit out there, health concerns come with their high concentrations of sugar, carbs and calories.

When you dry fruit, you are concentrating all of its nutrients into a smaller package.

That means you eat less dried fruit by weight to reach the same caloric threshold of fresh fruit.

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