Soy Milk Expiration?

Soy milk doesn't really expire at all. Some users say the liquid "curdles" which isn't true. Soy milk isn't milk, so it doesn't curdle. It condenses into a thick slush which is the soy bean granules, but that's if you leave the cap open. As of right now we have three bottle of silk open in the fridge which expired on February 14th. I drank almost a whole carton and I feel fine. This isn't the first time we've allowed silk to sit past it's false "expiration" date.

Yes, the Silk expiration date is just a marketing ploy to get you to buy more. It means nothing since we regularly leave cartons open or sealed nearly 2 months after the date that is printed on the top. The longest carton we've had was last year when we went on a 3 month vacation. The Silk carton stated it expired in April and it was still fresh and drinkable in late July.

They say finish it within 7-10 days and that it remains "freshest" during that 1 week period. That's obvious, it'll always be fresher on day 1 than on day 2 and on day 10 than on day 11. They just don't mention it's still "just as fresh" on day 90. But of course since they use the word "milk" on their label people get an automatic sense of an ultra perishable liquid, which is not true.

Hope this helps and don't throw away your "expired" Silk!!!!!

We drink silk, and I swear that stuff is good for at least a month. We never finish it by the "7-10 days" it says either.

They sell Silk soy milk in individual serving containers.
Even if you only use half one time, you are bound to use the other half within a week.

S. -

My little boy drinks soy and the expiration date on the carton is always at least a month away. Are you sure it says 7 -10 days? I've never seen that before. Am I doing something wrong?!? =) Of course, in our house, the milk's always gone by then!!

Be careful with soy, from any source. I know several people that i worked with at the ymca and when we got some new soy products they started eating and or drinking them and they began having 2 periods a month! This was more than one person who had some problems. I think it was 3 different people! We teased one of the guys that was eating it and told him he was going to start having periods. To tell you the truth he was kinda getting moody like pms! That's why we teased him, not saying it was the soy but you never know. Anyway the girls stopped doing the soy and their periods returned to normal.

my family has been drinking soy for many years due to a milk allergy, and i have never given a second thought to the 7-10 day "expiration". when we started drinking soy, there was no such thing as buying it in the refridgerated section. i have even forgotten and left it out to get warm, and still my kids and i drank it with no problems. sometimes i wonder if the short expiration date is more of a marketing ploy.

If you always immediately return the milk to the refrigerator (e.g., don't live sitting on the table during breakfast), it likely will be fine for much longer. You can buy unchilled soymilk in 1qt containers. Also, there are powdered soy milk mixes that allow you to make just what you need. There are also other non-dairy milk choices such as rice and almond that also come in 1qt cartons. And, there are rice and potato based milk powders. If you make the powders ahead and chill, there's really no difference in taste between those and the premixed product in cartons. I use the powders when I travel with my kids. There's also chocolate flavors that serve as Hot chocolate substitutes.

It curdles and smells when it goes bad. Not like spoiled milk, but there is NO missing it.

S.

I agree with the other posters that I don't think the expiration date means very much on soy milk. I don't recall ever throwing one out because it was funky, but one time I did buy a funky one that was really far from its exp. date but when I opened it, it was curdled. I didn't even know soy would do that.

One solution you might think about is to buy the non-refrigerated quarts (I think they're quarts). You can buy these by the case at warehouse clubs, and then they aren't insanely expensive. You should be able to get through one of those before the exp. date, no problem.

Good luck! S.