Five expired foods you can still eat

[Northerner]

A supermarket in Boston is going to sell only food that's past its sell-by date. So what are they, asks Rajini Vaidynathan.

In the US alone, 40% of food is thrown out, partly because of confusing date labels, telling consumers to "use by", "sell by" and "enjoy by" a certain time.

Some of the dates are not about safety but taste, says Dana Gunders, a food scientist from the Natural Resources Defence Council (NRDC), which has issued a report saying much of the food labelled bad is actually perfectly edible.

Early next year, businessman Doug Rauch, once behind the successful Trader Joe's chain in the US, is opening a supermarket and restaurant which will sell outdated food. So what are some of those foods?

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[LeeLee]

The only one I wouldn't agree with is the moldy yogurt. Whilst making yogurt is a milk preservation process and it's perfectly edible way beyond its sell-by date, some molds produce nasty toxins and you can't tell which ones inhabit a particular yogurt pot just by looking at it.

On the other hand, Ruth Goodman used milk that had gone off to make cottage cheese on the Wartime Farm programme last year.