Can I consume this? The juice edition
February 13, 2018 11:44 AM Subscribe
Re-watched Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead. Got a little inspired. Spoke about it endlessly to spouse. Spouse came home late last week with some fancy bottled juices from fancy hipster juice place. Fancy juices have sat in fridge the whole time. Can I still drink them?
One is an orange juice (lemon, ginger, alkaline water, cayenne pepper) with an expiry date of Feb 12 (yesterday), one is a green juice (spinach, apple, lemon, ginger, spirulina) with the expiry date of Feb 11( the day before yesterday).
Fancy hipster juice place's website says they use a hydraulic method to make their cold-pressed juice, which allows their juice "to have a shelf life of up to 4 days when kept chilled." They go on to say "typically unpasteurized cold pressed juice will preserve the nutrient content for up to 4 days. Please put the juices into the refrigerator immediately after purchase or delivery, it should be kept chilled at all times. Please consume once opened, or before the expiry date printed on bottle."
I don't really care about the nutrient content at this point. I just want to know if I can drink the juice safely.
One is an orange juice (lemon, ginger, alkaline water, cayenne pepper) with an expiry date of Feb 12 (yesterday), one is a green juice (spinach, apple, lemon, ginger, spirulina) with the expiry date of Feb 11( the day before yesterday).
Fancy hipster juice place's website says they use a hydraulic method to make their cold-pressed juice, which allows their juice "to have a shelf life of up to 4 days when kept chilled." They go on to say "typically unpasteurized cold pressed juice will preserve the nutrient content for up to 4 days. Please put the juices into the refrigerator immediately after purchase or delivery, it should be kept chilled at all times. Please consume once opened, or before the expiry date printed on bottle."
I don't really care about the nutrient content at this point. I just want to know if I can drink the juice safely.
Best answer: I would drink it now but not let it hang around much longer.
posted by fiercecupcake at 11:59 AM on February 13, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by fiercecupcake at 11:59 AM on February 13, 2018 [1 favorite]
I buy hipster cold-pressed juices. They do not go bad in a clandestine manner. If they've gone bad, you will know.
posted by rada at 12:33 PM on February 13, 2018 [10 favorites]
posted by rada at 12:33 PM on February 13, 2018 [10 favorites]
Cold-pressed juice can be contaminated with e-coli and salmonella. The contamination load keeps growing every day even with refrigeration. This is not something you’d notice with a smell/taste test. Personally, I would not want to consume it past the expiry date. I even make sure to consume store-bought cold-pressed juice within 2 days because longer would feel unsafe to me; and I avoided it entirely in pregnancy.
For what it’s worth, I’m usually not squeamish with expired food - eat yogurt past the best-by date all the time, don’t mind cutting mold off my hard cheese hunks. I home-ferment veggies on the countertop, make my own vinegar... But salmonella is no joke! Throw this stuff away and eat an apple.
Here’s an interesting article: Microbial Safety of Unpasteurized Juice
posted by The Toad at 1:44 PM on February 13, 2018 [1 favorite]
For what it’s worth, I’m usually not squeamish with expired food - eat yogurt past the best-by date all the time, don’t mind cutting mold off my hard cheese hunks. I home-ferment veggies on the countertop, make my own vinegar... But salmonella is no joke! Throw this stuff away and eat an apple.
Here’s an interesting article: Microbial Safety of Unpasteurized Juice
posted by The Toad at 1:44 PM on February 13, 2018 [1 favorite]
a. I'd probably drink it without thinking about it.
b. If I thought about it, I'd realize that I'm and idiot, and because it's unpasteurized, it would actually probably present a pretty high risk of danger, and I should have thrown it away.
posted by General Malaise at 4:08 PM on February 13, 2018
b. If I thought about it, I'd realize that I'm and idiot, and because it's unpasteurized, it would actually probably present a pretty high risk of danger, and I should have thrown it away.
posted by General Malaise at 4:08 PM on February 13, 2018
Response by poster: Thanks, folks. I drank them both yesterday soon after I asked the question, and I'm not sick yet. Will report back if I get salmonella.
posted by spicytunaroll at 8:50 AM on February 14, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by spicytunaroll at 8:50 AM on February 14, 2018 [1 favorite]
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I’d happily drink that expensive hipster juice next week so if you don’t want it send it to me!
(Keep in mind they are charging high prices for extra fresh flavor, and indeed you may taste a slight difference comparing same-day juice to week-old. They would love you to pour this out and buy more.)
posted by SaltySalticid at 11:50 AM on February 13, 2018 [2 favorites]