{"id":3210,"date":"2025-10-06T18:01:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T18:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/?p=3210"},"modified":"2025-10-06T18:01:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T18:01:16","slug":"most-people-dont-know-this-about-best-before-dates-heres-what-it-really-means","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/?p=3210","title":{"rendered":"Most People Don\u2019t Know This About \u2018Best Before\u2019 Dates \u2014 Here\u2019s What It Really Means"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Every year, millions of cans and perfectly good food items get thrown away because people misunderstand one simple label: <em>\u201cBest Before.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The truth? It\u2019s <strong>not an expiration date<\/strong>.<br>\u201cBest Before\u201d or \u201cBest By\u201d simply means the food is at its <strong>peak freshness or flavor<\/strong> before that date \u2014 <em>not<\/em> that it\u2019s unsafe to eat afterward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the can is <strong>undamaged, not bloated, leaking, or rusted<\/strong>, and the contents look and smell normal, it\u2019s usually still safe. Manufacturers use \u201cBest Before\u201d for quality, not safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So next time you see that date, don\u2019t toss it immediately.<br>Smell it, check it, and use common sense \u2014 your wallet (and the planet) will thank you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year, millions of cans and perfectly good food items get thrown away because people misunderstand one simple label: \u201cBest Before.\u201d The truth? It\u2019s not an expiration&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}