Buying food items online, 'best before' dates

[404cameljockey]

This is not a complaint, but a headsup for buyers on Lazada, Shopee, etc.

I bought some precooked Indian side dishes online (pav daal, tarka daal), the brands were Bikaji and Bikano. The prices looked reasonable although I have no idea what they should cost in a shop, if you could even find them in HH. One seller was offering two for one on a couple of items, on that I was dubious but thought I'd try.

As I thought, 'sell by/best before' dates were only 4-6 weeks in the future. Not a problem as I will refrigerate them to help arrest any deterioration, and use them fairly quickly anyway. Also I don't hold much stock in best before dates which are generally on the very conservative side, I know that some people are paranoid about these timestamps, my daughter for one. I judge milk by how it smells, not printed dates on bottles, and I've lived a long time now.

The only concern might be how items were stored, but even supermarkets have sold me stuff that has clearly been stored in a hot place and the product clearly shows it.

You get what you pay for!

[Dannie Boy]

I’d have thought that 4-6 weeks was not too bad?


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[404cameljockey]

I’d have thought that 4-6 weeks was not too bad?


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I'd say premade dishes in sealed foil packs usually have a year?

The 'manufacturing date' on the Bikaji dishes is 4/4/2023, 'best before' 3/4/2024

So I misread, I have at least 10 weeks.

[Dannie Boy]

I’d have thought that 4-6 weeks was not too bad?


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I'd say premade dishes in sealed foil packs usually have a year?

The 'manufacturing date' on the Bikaji dishes is 4/4/2023, 'best before' 3/4/2024

So I misread, I have at least 10 weeks.

I probably hadn’t quite realised the type of product so can understand what you were saying, albeit a bit longer than you had originally indicated - you’ll just have to pig out on Indian food for the next few weeks