Milk expiration date.

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rgp

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Twice now I have bought milk @ Arby's through the drive-up window and to my surprise. The expiration date is way out there. Last night 12/3/2018.....the bottle was marked best if used before 1/22/2019. Bought one a week or so ago, and it was marked in a similar fashion?

Anyone ever seen such distant expiration dates?
 

I don't buy much milk, but I do buy small bottles of 2% milk sometimes to make eggcreams. A couple of times I bought the Fairlife brand and the date was super long, longest milk date I've ever seen. I still ended up dumping the leftover milk after awhile regardless of the date. I think it's the way they're filtering/processing it?

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I've never seen anything like that. I buy organic milk at Whole Foods and organics have a shorter shelf life than non. I think it must be safe to assume it's a mistake? Unless they're sticking a bunch of chemicals in there to make it last longer? I really don't know.
 

We just buy milk locally in 1/2 gal. quantities....for breakfast cereal, and some cooking. We usually use it up well before any arbitrary "expiration date", and only buy what we intend to use within days. We do keep a small box of powdered milk on hand, just in case some bad weather hits, and limits our trips to the local grocery store.
 
Don M. said:
We just buy milk locally in 1/2 gal. quantities....for breakfast cereal, and some cooking. We usually use it up well before any arbitrary "expiration date", and only buy what we intend to use within days. We do keep a small box of powdered milk on hand, just in case some bad weather hits, and limits our trips to the local grocery store.
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OK fine,..but my question was...Have you ever noticed such extended expiration dates?
 
Tommy said:
The milk has undergone ultra-high temperature (UHT) processing. Scientific American published a good article on the subject. If anyone is interested: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/experts-organic-milk-lasts-longer/
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From the link...

"The process that gives the milk a longer shelf life is called ultrahigh temperature (UHT) processing or treatment, in which milk is heated to 280 degrees Fahrenheit (138 degrees Celsius) for two to four seconds, killing any bacteria in it.

Compare that to pasteurization, the standard preservation process. There are two types of pasteurization: "low temperature, long time," in which milk is heated to 145 degrees F (63 degrees C) for at least 30 minutes*, or the more common "high temperature, short time," in which milk is heated to roughly 160 degrees F (71 degrees C) for at least 15 seconds.

The different temperatures hint at why UHT-treated milk lasts longer: Pasteurization doesn’t kill all bacteria in the milk, just enough so that you don't get a disease with your milk mustache. UHT, on the other hand, kills everything."
 
@ C'est Moi I think you have given the best answer to this question... I do believe the more your food is touched the worse it become nutritionally. Now if you want to talk about how fresh your eggs really are...
 
rgp said:
Twice now I have bought milk @ Arby's through the drive-up window and to my surprise. The expiration date is way out there. Last night 12/3/2018.....the bottle was marked best if used before 1/22/2019. Bought one a week or so ago, and it was marked in a similar fashion?

Anyone ever seen such distant expiration dates?
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No but I stopped drinking milk a while ago. I now drink coconut milk.
Thats an usually long expiry date. Regular pasteurized milk doesn’t last that long so it’s either a mistake or preservatives are added.
 
rgp said:
Twice now I have bought milk @ Arby's through the drive-up window and to my surprise. The expiration date is way out there. Last night 12/3/2018.....the bottle was marked best if used before 1/22/2019. Bought one a week or so ago, and it was marked in a similar fashion?

Anyone ever seen such distant expiration dates?
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I have noticed that and in the last 6 months or so.

Around here we had a milk company guaranteeing ---good seven days after date.

it could be that the more realistic date is being used now, but I doubt that.

more than likely more additives to increase shelf life!
 
I've never seen expiration dates that far out rgp, nor would I trust it. Most milk containers have use by dates about two weeks out when they're delivered to the markets. I have found that milk in the solid, non see through plastic containers lasts longer than the milk in the see through plastic containers by at least a few days. Definitely a light thing.
 
Pappy said:
I have a Publix half and half we bought a week ago and it’s dated Jan. 20th.
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Cream has a much longer shelf life than milk does. Most creams I've seen have use by dates that are at least a month out.
 

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