Can I store this? (a dairy milk variation of can-i-eat-this)

November 2, 2022 7:34 PM

I have a pack of individual serving whole dairy milks that were stored at room temperature in the store. They expire in January. My spouse put them in the fridge but they are taking up too much room. Can I just take them out again? They don't care, right?
posted by Emmy Rae to Food & Drink (5 answers total)

Shelf stable tetra paks? They should be good
posted by toodleydoodley at 7:52 PM on November 2, 2022 [4 favorites]

Not explicitly addressed in this faq but I think conveys the point that aseptic packaging doesn’t care. Fridge, shelf, both sequentially, ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

https://www.tetrapak.com/en-us/solutions/aseptic-solutions/uht-faq
posted by toodleydoodley at 8:15 PM on November 2, 2022 [1 favorite]

If it's UHT shelf stable milk, sure. They've already been exposed to who knows what temperature variation in storehouses, in distribution centres, on pallets, in trucks, and on shelves.
posted by Fiasco da Gama at 8:20 PM on November 2, 2022 [5 favorites]

Go for it.
posted by aramaic at 8:27 PM on November 2, 2022

UHT? Sure.
posted by pompomtom at 3:17 AM on November 3, 2022 [1 favorite]