I’ve noticed a lot of people don’t like oreos because of the black cookie part. That part isn’t suppose to be hard or “stale,” if it is your oreos are too old. Let’s talk about shelflifes.
Shelflifes:
In the snackfood world, shelflife is EVERYTHING. It’s priority is even above taste and mouthfeel. There’s a joke about twinkies, that they were all baked at the same time years ago. In general their shelf life is around twenty-six days. Which means, they’re baked, packed, shipped, sold or thrown out within a month. That’s about average. Fresh food (like at wegmans, eg) has a shelflife of 12-24 hours.
Danger zones, fresh foods, etc:
The danger zone for food susceptible to bacteria is from 38ºF-140ºF. For all “unprocessed” food this is important. If food is in this zone for 3 hours, it’s garbage.
Because of preserving techniques, a lot of the food we buy doesn’t need to abide by the danger zone rules. Take that however you want it. Sometimes it’s good, sometimes not so much. Certain fast food is coated in an rapeseed oil/dextrose mix. This makes it inconsumable to bacteria, and although it’s not extraordinarily bad for you, it’s about the same as drinking rapeseed oil by itself. In french fries, for example, the bacteria can’t penetrate the layer of oil to get to the starch. Therefor it won’t mold or deteriorate.
Back to the Oreos. How many people have eaten an oreo and thought it tasted fresh? Anyone?
The shelflife on doritos is about the same as twinkies. The shelf life on fresh fruit is less than two weeks. The shelflife for chicken is less than a week.
The shelf life for oreos?
Ideally, you should buy oreos when their expiration date is five months from date of purchase. If you buy them tomorrow, they should expire mid-june.
cliffs: buy oreos with an exp. date five months from purchase date for fresh taste
twinkies explode if microwaved for 45 seconds
grapes, cut in half, start on fire if microwaved
mcdonalds coats fries in oil and dextrose and will never break down
