Does tinned food go bad?

shauncr91 · 13 Mar 2010 at 20:02

Looking for something to eat and I've found some tinned tomato soup that expired in 2007. However my mother swears this is still fine to eat because it is in an air tight tin.

Anybody know if this is true?

Thanks

Antar Bolaeisk · 13 Mar 2010 at 20:04

I have assumed tinned anything would be good for centuries. The reason tins even exist is that they're there to provide food for the years after a nuclear war.

In the interest of science you should consume the contents of the tin and document your findings.

apeZ · 13 Mar 2010 at 20:04

Pff, risk it, don't be a pussy.

shauncr91 · 13 Mar 2010 at 20:05

I'm already eating it, it does taste ok. Just wondering if I should sleep with a bucket next to bed or not

Biohazard · 13 Mar 2010 at 20:07

I know beans can last almost for ever etc..

although I would suspect some ingrediants will break down over time in soup etc

SlyReaper · 13 Mar 2010 at 20:07

R.I.P. shauncr91.

<unknown> to 14th March 2010.

JBuk · 13 Mar 2010 at 20:10

unlucky, ocuk meet at the funeral?

oooh nice sarnies mrs shauncr, shame about yer lad though

millsy888 · 13 Mar 2010 at 20:11

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/4693520.stm :eek:

JBuk · 13 Mar 2010 at 20:13

Youtube chicken in a can, bleurghhh

Guest2 · 13 Mar 2010 at 20:14

Biohazard · 13 Mar 2010 at 20:29

millsy888 said:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/4693520.stm

No thanks

Energize · 13 Mar 2010 at 20:29

Antar Bolaeisk said:
I have assumed tinned anything would be good for centuries. The reason tins even exist is that they're there to provide food for the years after a nuclear war.

Tins existed a long time before nuclear physics...

*Moangroan* · 13 Mar 2010 at 20:31

shauncr91 said:
I'm already eating it, it does taste ok. Just wondering if I should sleep with a bucket next to bed or not

would not bother with the bucket you will not be waking up.....

Kae · 13 Mar 2010 at 20:32

Have you ever seen tinned food go bad? Had a tin of beans from ASDA go off... bleurgh!

Makunouchi · 13 Mar 2010 at 20:34

I opened a 12 year old can of Bamboo shoots a couple of weeks ago, the inside of the can had actually eroded away and spoilt them

Couldn't believe it, they'd been with me for so long.

ElliorR · 13 Mar 2010 at 20:35

Kae said:
Have you ever seen tinned food go bad? Had a tin of beans from ASDA go off... bleurgh!

Either the beans were bad before they got canned or the seam, the overlapping join where the lid meets the can body, wasn't airtight and the beans went off.

Or something else.

zuludawn · 13 Mar 2010 at 20:37

Tins of food have been open from the Napoleonic Wars, they found the produce to be fresh but very very deadly.They used to use lead to seal the cans.

Infam0us · 13 Mar 2010 at 21:11

millsy888 said:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/4693520.stm

Lols

Bubo · 13 Mar 2010 at 21:14

I still have an unopened tin of Chefs beans and sausages my girlfriend game whilst we were courting 15 years ago. Trust me it was quite romantic at the time

Meridian · 13 Mar 2010 at 21:17

shauncr91 said:
this is still fine to eat because it is in an air tight tin.

Now go and look up "anaerobic bacteria", "botulism" and "John West salmon".

M