Freezing bread and then eating past best before date

Random · 10-01-2009 6:36pm #1

Right. Say I buy a loaf of bread today. The best before date might be 15.01.09. I pop this in the freezer and I take it out in Feb. I then let it defrost and eat it as if it was just bought.

Is this wrong? Or is the bread ok to eat?

peanuthead · 10-01-2009 6:39pm

Random wrote: »

Right. Say I buy a loaf of bread today. The best before date might be 15.01.09. I pop this in the freezer and I take it out in Feb. I then let it defrost and eat it as if it was just bought.

Is this wrong? Or is the bread ok to eat?

Well I always freeze bread and then defrost and eat when im ready.

I have to say, bread is the one thing I have never checked for Best Before. Never. If its not mouldy or hard, ill eat it.

So I must have at some point taken bread that was past its date out of the freezer and eaten it and it has always tasted fine to me, ive never been sick from it either.

Alun · 10-01-2009 6:44pm

I've done it before many times with no ill effects whatsoever. By the way, if it's a sliced loaf, you can toast it straight from frozen .. very handy

peanuthead · 10-01-2009 6:46pm

Alun wrote: »

I've done it before many times with no ill effects whatsoever. By the way, if it's a sliced loaf, you can toast it straight from frozen .. very handy

+1 it is very handy

And I have always been amazed at how it doesn't end up soggy at all after being defrosted. But it just doesn't!!

Dizzyblonde · 10-01-2009 8:38pm

I always freeze bread and it's perfect. Sometimes it will be in the freezer for weeks - it makes no difference to the taste or freshness.

cozmik · 10-01-2009 9:34pm

It should be fine as long as you freeze food on the day you buy it.

Talliesin · 11-01-2009 1:27am

The best before date assumes you don't freeze it.

At its best freezing will let you keep it for up to four months, esp.

If your bread isn't sliced, slice it before freezing, as it can sometimes be a bugger to do to thawed bread.

keane2097 · 11-01-2009 1:33am

Sure bread is great cos you can see if it's gone off or not without any need for a best before date to help you.

If it's mouldy don't eat it, if it's not (whatever the method you've used to stave it off) work away imo...

Random · 11-01-2009 2:34am

Right .. seems I owe my mother an apology lol

Dizzyblonde · 11-01-2009 2:51pm

By the way, you can refreeze bread if you defrost too much. It's perfectly safe.

noby · 12-01-2009 8:37am

What exactly would be the point in freezing it if you were still restricted to the best before date?

emeraldstar · 12-01-2009 6:26pm

I do it with every loaf of bread I buy tbh.

Freezing bread and then eating past best before date

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