If the package is still sealed and the pasta has remained dry, you should be just fine.
Xhoriko
Yes
PrincessDrywall
It’s safe to eat. The pasta might have become overly dry and crack and might fall apart when you cook it but will be perfectly safe to eat. Best before is not the same as expiration. Expiration is when it becomes unsafe after that date. Best before means that while it’s still completely safe to eat it after that date the flavor and texture may not be as good, like it might be stale or some flavor has diminished but you won’t get sick.
Inevitable-Toe745
Water activity is low enough. It’ll just pick up weird flavors and degrade over time.
Curiousuk_South9566
Yeah
TheInfiniteSadness_
Yes. Hence the best before, not “used by”
RoxyLA95
I’d eat it.
herecomesthepoverty
Vai tranquillo👍
CookingWithFred
Yeah, but the question is if it will still taste good 🤷. Only one way to find out
echoleptic
Yes
Old_Assistance8149
They’ll strangle you!
Relative_Macaroon162
Yes can’t be worst then all the chemicals in the USA , 200 chemicals in our food that are band from 88% of the world.
Livid-Dot-5984
Yes but it might taste like cardboard a bit. I cooked “expired” noodles like this and it had that aftertaste that stuck around
ThisisJayeveryday
As longs as there’s no bugs in it!
jonesgen
for sure. didn’t know pasta had an expiration date
SoldMySoupToTheDevil
The real question is why the box says both maccheroni and bucatini.
Entire_Toe2640
Those dates are my worst nightmare. People think any food past the magic date is going to make them sick. A little education would be really helpful and save them money on food because they’d stop throwing perfectly good food away.
bobbyd98682
Unless bugs are visibly crawling around, they are fine to eat.
jkondas
Smell it. If it has a foul smell, toss it. It would be a shame to toss btw, it is a really good pasta.
yikesitkat
my dumbass uk brain was like what month is the 23rd 😭😭🤮🤮
BeefBorganaan
Send it!
genaphur
I saw a post today where a guy ate a 17 year old can of corn so I’m gonna say you’ll be fine.
Gonavy259
I would eat.
Australian1996
Safe yes. Depending on where stored it could taste funky. I ate a 3 year expired bag of angel hair once and it was fine as it was in a sealed plastic bag. I ate a box of penne though that was just past date and it was just in box no plastic and it was rank
thrasherxxx
Just watch if there’s little bugs or flies, that’s how this kinda pasta spoils with time. Otherwise it’s safe to eat.
In Italy expiration dates on the package of edible products are mandatory but some of them are made to not expired for a very long time, like pasta (it is dried for a purpose). So if you know you can ignore the nonsense one.
Easy-Cheesecake-202
Nah it’s made of Arsenic and Lead. Let me know if you live after eating it.
PLZ-PM-ME-UR-TITS
Eat it that box probs cost an arm and a leg
onetwoskeedoo
Yes
sim0of
As long as the package is intact and the pasta is dry it’s completely safe
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You’ll be fine
If the package is still sealed and the pasta has remained dry, you should be just fine.
Yes
It’s safe to eat. The pasta might have become overly dry and crack and might fall apart when you cook it but will be perfectly safe to eat. Best before is not the same as expiration. Expiration is when it becomes unsafe after that date. Best before means that while it’s still completely safe to eat it after that date the flavor and texture may not be as good, like it might be stale or some flavor has diminished but you won’t get sick.
Water activity is low enough. It’ll just pick up weird flavors and degrade over time.
Yeah
Yes. Hence the best before, not “used by”
I’d eat it.
Vai tranquillo👍
Yeah, but the question is if it will still taste good 🤷. Only one way to find out
Yes
They’ll strangle you!
Yes can’t be worst then all the chemicals in the USA , 200 chemicals in our food that are band from 88% of the world.
Yes but it might taste like cardboard a bit. I cooked “expired” noodles like this and it had that aftertaste that stuck around
As longs as there’s no bugs in it!
for sure. didn’t know pasta had an expiration date
The real question is why the box says both maccheroni and bucatini.
Those dates are my worst nightmare. People think any food past the magic date is going to make them sick. A little education would be really helpful and save them money on food because they’d stop throwing perfectly good food away.
Unless bugs are visibly crawling around, they are fine to eat.
Smell it. If it has a foul smell, toss it.
It would be a shame to toss btw, it is a really good pasta.
my dumbass uk brain was like what month is the 23rd 😭😭🤮🤮
Send it!
I saw a post today where a guy ate a 17 year old can of corn so I’m gonna say you’ll be fine.
I would eat.
Safe yes. Depending on where stored it could taste funky. I ate a 3 year expired bag of angel hair once and it was fine as it was in a sealed plastic bag. I ate a box of penne though that was just past date and it was just in box no plastic and it was rank
Just watch if there’s little bugs or flies, that’s how this kinda pasta spoils with time. Otherwise it’s safe to eat.
In Italy expiration dates on the package of edible products are mandatory but some of them are made to not expired for a very long time, like pasta (it is dried for a purpose). So if you know you can ignore the nonsense one.
Nah it’s made of Arsenic and Lead. Let me know if you live after eating it.
Eat it that box probs cost an arm and a leg
Yes
As long as the package is intact and the pasta is dry it’s completely safe