Expired yogurt?

[amgreen1980]

Can I give it to the chickens? I don't want them to get sick, wasn't sure if it was ok to give expired things to them.

 

[Love my Critters!]

It's fine as long as it's not moldy.

 

[aggie9296]

or rancid. since yogurt has already been fermented, it takes a lot for it to go bad.

i use expiration dates as guidelines, not absolutes. some stuff out lives expiration dates by months or years. like bottled water, which doesn't really expire at all.

 

[jjthink]

My general rule of thumb is that if I am not willing to eat something, I won't give it to anyone else either.

If something's expired by just a day and still smells perfect I'm sure that would be fine.
JJ

 

[SallyF]

I've eaten yogurt that was expired by a couple of months, as long as the seal wasn't broken and it wasn't moldy. It didn't hurt me.

 

[aggie9296]

Same here. It's like with sour cream. Can it really get more sour?

 

[hmmcc123]

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Yes. I just recently was feeding my chickens expired yogurt. It was at least a week expired. Just give it a stir and smell it. The expiration date is just an approximate date. The chickens will love it! : )

 

[Mommysongbird]

Wish I would have known this. I threw out almost a whole container of yogurt because it had expired.

 

[caspernc]

There are supposed to be less active cultures alive in it the older it gets. I read the somewhere. And yes sour cream can get more sour or stronger in taste, but I don't mind. VERY rarely does it mold in this house or for that matter go out of date.

 

[NYREDS]

Yogurt's spoiled milk already. Don't know why they date it. The cup should say "even worse after June 9th".
Actually I like yogurt & as to the OP's question I'd say if it's so nasty you wouldn't eat it don't feed it to the chickens. I ate a cup of yogurt this morning that was a month out of date & it was fine.