The Coupon Crate Savings Blog

I was reading an article on food and I found this info to be quite helpful.  Did you know the shelf  life of “shelf” food?  I knew that the box of baking soda I found from 8 years ago probably wasn’t any good, but I didn’t know this:

Baking powder/soda – 18 months

Bread Crumbs – Six months

Cereals – Six months

Coffee creamer, dry – Six months

Flour/cake mixes – One year

Gelatin/pudding mixes – One year

Herbs/spices – Six to 12 months

Milk, nonfat dry – Six months

Pancake/pie crust mixes – Six months

Pasta/noodles – Two years

Potatoes, instant – 18 months

Rice, white – Two years

Sugar, granulated – Two years

Sugar, brown, confectioners’- Four months

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