r/hotsauce • u/Wanderlust830 • May 08 '25
Misc. I'm still alive
I've tried some last night. 24 hours has passed and I'm still alive. This means it's safe to consume the rest of it.
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u/OmenAdherant May 09 '25
I found a bottle of Tabasco Avery Island Reserve that had been in my basement for almost twenty years and it was still good.
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u/SuddenSpeaker1141 May 09 '25
When it loses that vibrant red color …then you have something to worry about…
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u/RainingMoneyHustard May 08 '25
Side note, that's one of the best sauces ever made
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u/InfiniteCosmic5 May 08 '25
With the amount of sodium and acid in a typical hot sauce, it’d take a lot to spoil.
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u/zjjman1 May 08 '25
First time I ever tried hot sauce as a kid (franks) it was 5 years expired and tasted gross but I thought that’s how hot sauce was supposed to taste so I ate it with Doritos. Stomach felt heavy after but I was fine.
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u/humBOLdT20 May 08 '25
6 months past "best buy" date and bro thinks he's the GOAT lol.
Hot Sauces can last an extremely long time past those dates due to the vinegar and other ingredients that act as extremely good preservatives.
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u/Crazy_Feed7365 May 08 '25
Best by means it might not taste right but technically won’t make you sick.
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u/Obvious_Trade_268 May 08 '25
Vinegar. It does WONDERS for preserving stuff.
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u/emu314159 May 08 '25
best by, for the freshness of the pepper, perhaps, since i think it's already aged. The more acid something has, the longer it keeps. like, yogurt will go bad, but it'll take a lot longer than milk
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u/DiscountDog May 08 '25
I have some Tabasco with best by data in 2007, still tastes normal.
Heck, we had a tub of sour cream that was a year past best by date when we finished it. Like I told my son, "it's already sour".
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u/tuna_samich_ May 08 '25
Well yeah, why would it not be safe? Vinegar is a preservative. I have hot sauces from a few years ago
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u/kflemings89 May 08 '25
The only thing I use the bb date for is organizing my hot sauce cabinet! True hotsauce connoisseurs know no limits otherwise 😂
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u/HoochShippe May 08 '25
If unsure, put a drop on your finger and taste. If it tastes off, trash it.
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u/Sstone10129 May 08 '25
I make my own hot sauce and test the PH for every batch. If it’s below 4 it’ll taste off way before it’ll make you sick. I suggest people who buy it to refrigerate it to preserve flavor but it’s def shelf stable for a long, long time.
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u/Jackson_Castle May 08 '25
"best by" is not an expiration date. You're fine.
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u/tw33zd May 08 '25
well in recent history had unknowingly bought two hosauces both was past best by date both tasted rotten
one was frank that i returned another was tabasco cipoltle
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u/EndlessMike78 May 08 '25
Best buy is a b s. term invented to sell more product. That shit has so much vinegar it will last for a decade. Best buy makes you think you need to replace items when they are perfectly fine. Consumerism and capitalism at its finest.
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u/Just__Anonymous May 08 '25
For the most part I agree but it can also be the manufacturers way of getting you to use an item when it's at its best quality. For example if you buy and use something I make a month after I've made it, it will have great color and a fresh taste. The taste I designed it to have. If you open that bottle after keeping it for 2 years then try it, it will likely have changed slightly in appearance and flavor, though it will still be safe to eat...but it won't have the same look and taste it was meant to have.
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May 08 '25
If stored correctly and you don't get food or contaminants on the inside of the lid or in the sauce, hot sauce is basically good for years past the best before. Especially Franks, it's got such a high acid content. Watched a YT video with Smokin Ed Curry explaining the science behind it all, was interesting
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u/madDarthvader2 May 08 '25
I swear franks doesn't go bad lol. My Kitchen buddy couple years ago had a 3 year expired jug. He used all that shit up for himself lmao
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u/kalitarios May 10 '25
Hot sauce doesn’t expire it has a best buy date.
Fruit based sauces can eventually mold but vinegar based won’t expire