Tabasco & Soy sauce shelf life?

Merlin5 · 13 May 2020 at 19:14

I've got an old bottle of each, both with 2018 end dates. Soy sauce is unopened and says best before October 2018, and Tabasco is opened and used once I think, and says February 2018 but doesn't say best before or expires.

Do you think I can keep either of these?

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joey1211 · 13 May 2020 at 19:23

Yes and yes. The soy may have crystalized slightly but it'll be ok.

SixTwoSix · 14 May 2020 at 10:24

Soy sauce isn't something I keep an eye on the best before, can keep for years and not finish, gets thrown away when it's gone.

BongoHunter · 14 May 2020 at 10:38

Both of those should be fine IMO

tom_e · 14 May 2020 at 10:53

Soy is rammed with salt and Tabasco vinegar, both very good preservatives so I wouldn't be worried about using them.

Merlin5 · 14 May 2020 at 12:01

Thank you guys, good to know. Back in the cupboard they go then until their services are required!

BUDFORCE · 21 May 2020 at 21:36

Particularly if they've never been opened.

Both probably be fine in 10 years.

Gray2233 · 21 May 2020 at 21:37

I've used bottles of soy sauce that were years old and they were fine.

HeadlessChicken · 22 May 2020 at 07:52

Give em a good shake and off you go.

d_brennen · 22 May 2020 at 07:59

They're probably better now than new

Psycho Sonny · 23 May 2020 at 10:21

i think soy sauce can go off. tabasco - no chance. most chilli sauces that don't contain fruit are fine.

Original Red Sauce has been handcrafted with just three ingredients: aged red peppers, Avery Island salt and distilled vinegar.

It will likely be impossible for tabasco to go off so long as you don't introduce water and other stuff into the bottle.

arknor · 24 May 2020 at 19:19

I had some soy sauce in the fridge for years and it still smelled and tasted fine.

tomato ketchup seems to last ages as wel, I don't use it often a bottle will last me almost a year opened in the fridge. never had one go off before I've used it.

never seems to go off
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Because of the acidity of the tomatoes and vinegar, and the amount of sugar, ketchup has a pretty long shelf life. An unopened container of ketchup can remain stored for up to two years past the printed expiration date. Once the bottle is opened, it will last for another year in the refrigerator.

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