# The Food Expiration Dates You Should Actually Follow

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MK - TL;DR, most things (including oils, flour, store bread if it’s refrigerated, condiments, etc, can last a while. )

Want longer-lasting milk? Look for “ultrahigh temperature,” or “UHT,” on the label. Milk in these cartons has been pasteurized at high temperatures (275 degrees Fahrenheit: hot enough to destroy not only viruses and bacteria, but bacterial spores as well), then aseptically pumped and sealed into cartons. Most organic milk brands undergo UHT. (Bonus: In the blind taste tests I’ve conducted, most people preferred the sweeter flavor of UHT milk.)

That’s 60 full days! But odds are good that they’ll still be palatable for several weeks longer than that.

MK - Talking about eggs having a longer shelf-life than you would expect

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