ReedReads@lemmy.zip to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 month agoWhy does dried pasta have an expiration datemessage-squaremessage-square41linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squarekhannie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoAll of the answers here are missing something: pasta has a very small amount of fat in it. Eventually that fat goes rancid. You can significantly extend shelf life of things like pasta and rice by storing them in inert gases but that’s not done generally.
minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoIn dry stuff it’s generally the fat going rancid. Though I’ve used 5 year old pasta and it was fine. The fat may have been rancid, but I suspect between boiling and immersion in sauce you just wouldn’t taste it. (Also, rancid fat isn’t necessarily harmful).
minus-squaresome_kind_of_guy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoHow much fat does pasta typically contain?
minus-squareBradleyUffner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoThis is from the package of spaghetti on my counter.
minus-squareasnaf@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoThat’s not made from durum wheat and water, though, which most dry pasta is.
minus-squareApytele@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoYeah most fish oil supplement capsules have gone rancid by the time they make it to the consumer iirc
All of the answers here are missing something: pasta has a very small amount of fat in it. Eventually that fat goes rancid.
You can significantly extend shelf life of things like pasta and rice by storing them in inert gases but that’s not done generally.
In dry stuff it’s generally the fat going rancid.
Though I’ve used 5 year old pasta and it was fine. The fat may have been rancid, but I suspect between boiling and immersion in sauce you just wouldn’t taste it.
(Also, rancid fat isn’t necessarily harmful).
How much fat does pasta typically contain?
This is from the package of spaghetti on my counter.
That’s not made from durum wheat and water, though, which most dry pasta is.
Yeah most fish oil supplement capsules have gone rancid by the time they make it to the consumer iirc
Mmmm…rancid fish vitamins.