Araliya-Lanka

Enjoyment without risk

Which foods can you safely enjoy even after their best-before date?

Products with a best-before date. This is how many days properly stored foods can be consumed and given away beyond their respective best-before date, provided they look, smell, and taste good.
Together against food waste.

+ 360 days

- Flour
- Pasta & Rice
- Salt & Spices, Vinegar
- Sugar - Sweeteners, Syrup, Honey, Jam
- Chocolate & Confectionery
- Tea & Coffee

+ 120 days

- Fats / Oils
- Unrefrigerated Storage Beverages - Soft Drinks, Mineral Water
- Canned Goods - Vegetables, Meat, Fruit
- Jars - Preserved Products in Oil
- Dried Soups & Sauces
- Breakfast Cereals, Crispbread, Rusks

+ 90 days Frozen

- Frozen Products

+ 30 days

- Chilled Beverages - Fruit Juice, Vegetable Juice
- UHT Milk, Butter, Hard Cheese
- Savory Snacks - Baked Snacks, Crackers, Seeds, Nuts

+ 14 days

- Quark, Yogurt, Cream Cheese, Soft Cheese
- Cured Meats for Raw Eating - Prosciutto, Salami, Salsiz
- Cooked Eggs
- Prepackaged Baked goods

+ 6 Tage

- Raw eggs
- Pasteurized milk
- Small pastries - Puff pastries, confectionery, cakes

+ 90 Tage if frozen

Foods with a "use by" date can be frozen if suitable (no sensory changes from freezing) and relabeled as frozen products.

- Fresh meat & cured meats for cooking - Cooked ham, sausages
- Grated cheese
- Fish & seafood products

+ 0 Tage

Foods with a "use by" date that are not suitable for freezing or are not frozen by the use-by date must be discarded after the use-by date.

- Pastries
- Unpackaged fresh meat>

-Subject to change!