Would you eat food past its best-before date?

8 October 2018

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This week Tesco announced it is removing best-before dates from over 100 fruit and vegetable products in an effort to reduce waste (see what best-before means). So when you find food at home past its best-before date, what do you do?  

This week Tesco announced it is removing best-before dates from over 100 fruit and vegetable products in an effort to reduce waste (see what best-before means).

So when you find food at home past its best-before date, what do you do?

Results

I’m male aged under 25 (228 votes)

I always chuck out anything past its best-before		18 votes (8%)
I usually chuck it out		25 votes (11%)
I tend to use the 'sniff and sight' test to decide		116 votes (51%)
I ignore best-befores and eat anyway unless it’s obviously off		69 votes (30%)

I’m female aged under 25 (240 votes)

I always chuck out anything past its best-before		17 votes (7%)
I usually chuck it out		27 votes (11%)
I tend to use the 'sniff and sight' test to decide		124 votes (52%)
I ignore best-befores and eat anyway unless it’s obviously off		72 votes (30%)

I’m male aged 25 – 34 (932 votes)

I always chuck out anything past its best-before		39 votes (4%)
I usually chuck it out		79 votes (8%)
I tend to use the 'sniff and sight' test to decide		513 votes (55%)
I ignore best-befores and eat anyway unless it’s obviously off		301 votes (32%)

I’m female aged 25 – 34 (1066 votes)

I always chuck out anything past its best-before		29 votes (3%)
I usually chuck it out		67 votes (6%)
I tend to use the 'sniff and sight' test to decide		573 votes (54%)
I ignore best-befores and eat anyway unless it’s obviously off		397 votes (37%)

I’m male aged 35 – 49 (1377 votes)

I always chuck out anything past its best-before		45 votes (3%)
I usually chuck it out		79 votes (6%)
I tend to use the 'sniff and sight' test to decide		671 votes (49%)
I ignore best-befores and eat anyway unless it’s obviously off		582 votes (42%)

I’m female aged 35 – 49 (2183 votes)

I always chuck out anything past its best-before		69 votes (3%)
I usually chuck it out		99 votes (5%)
I tend to use the 'sniff and sight' test to decide		1148 votes (53%)
I ignore best-befores and eat anyway unless it’s obviously off		867 votes (40%)

I’m male aged 50 – 64 (1521 votes)

I always chuck out anything past its best-before		33 votes (2%)
I usually chuck it out		79 votes (5%)
I tend to use the 'sniff and sight' test to decide		662 votes (44%)
I ignore best-befores and eat anyway unless it’s obviously off		747 votes (49%)

I’m female aged 50 – 64 (2933 votes)

I always chuck out anything past its best-before		65 votes (2%)
I usually chuck it out		107 votes (4%)
I tend to use the 'sniff and sight' test to decide		1503 votes (51%)
I ignore best-befores and eat anyway unless it’s obviously off		1258 votes (43%)

I’m male aged 65+ (1202 votes)

I always chuck out anything past its best-before		16 votes (1%)
I usually chuck it out		42 votes (3%)
I tend to use the 'sniff and sight' test to decide		520 votes (43%)
I ignore best-befores and eat anyway unless it’s obviously off		624 votes (52%)

I’m female aged 65+ (1659 votes)

I always chuck out anything past its best-before		36 votes (2%)
I usually chuck it out		43 votes (3%)
I tend to use the 'sniff and sight' test to decide		828 votes (50%)
I ignore best-befores and eat anyway unless it’s obviously off		752 votes (45%)

I’m agender (or I don’t wish to disclose my gender) (49 votes)

I always chuck out anything past its best-before		0 votes (0%)
I usually chuck it out		1 votes (2%)
I tend to use the 'sniff and sight' test to decide		26 votes (53%)
I ignore best-befores and eat anyway unless it’s obviously off		22 votes (45%)

                   13,390 votes received.

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