Been through the cupboard and found loads of energy gels and powders a lot of which are past there use by date.

I can’t imagine using them would do me any serious harm but I also don’t really want to get the squits twenty or thirty miles from home. So what’s the worst that’ll happen. Should I use them or bin them and start over?

Use them 🙂

Past use by = bin

Past best by = eat

Simples

How far out from best.

Eat it.

So what’s the worst that’ll happen

You could be ridiculed by complete strangers due to a ability to make basic decisions without Nanny’s help?

Use them. The osmotic pressure of the sugary stuff makes it well tricky for bugs to grow.

Past use by = bin

Past best by = eat

Simples

That…

You could will be ridiculed by complete strangers due to an inability to make basic decisions without Nanny’s help

…and this

sugary goo. its not going to get any worse!

Probably give ya the shits at worst!

They’re all use by dates. 6-12 months out. So looks like they’re heading for the bin.

You could be ridiculed by complete strangers due to a ability to make basic decisions without Nanny’s help?

Thought it was a reasonably uncontentious question. You know maybe someones already done similar with no ill effects, or they got cramps and sh!t themselves by the side of the A413. Either way it would have been useful to know.

Use them. The osmotic pressure of the sugary stuff makes it well tricky for bugs to grow.

Exactly. Only fungi can grow effectively when there’s such a lack of available water and they’ll do so slowly. Most products like this contain a low level of anti-fungal preservative.
So long as the packaging hasn’t been compromised it’s unlikely that anything will have got in anyway.

Use them. Owner of an energy products company told me how they kept testing gels years after the use by date and they were still fine.

or they got cramps and sh!t themselves by the side of the A413

Oh, a Bucks boy too 🙄

The only reason they’ll have a date on them is because they contain vitamin C apparently.

I have used out of date Powerbar & Maxim gels myself.

It might be like having an afterburner……….

They’ll be fine, I’ve used Torq drinks and gels that are a year out of date!

I’m seeing new superhero mutations

Same here njee20 never had any issues using 6 to 12 month out of date torq gels and bars either

I’m amazed that an energy gel / energy poweder has a use by date rather that a best before. Never seen that before. Which brand?

I’m amazed that an energy gel / energy poweder has a use by date rather that a best before. Never seen that before. Which brand?

Just double checked and your quite right. They are best before and not use by. So all good then.

I’ll have them, email in profile 😉

On a serious note, if you are going to bin them, i’m happy to cover the cost of postage.
I’m a great recycler, me 🙂

Get them ate, you will never have greater motivation to get to the bottom of the trail having the two bob bits.

Give them to Ton, it might help him…

I’d have them as well.

Actually a good dose of the squitters isn’t a bad thing although a weeks worth can be a bit wearing.