Although half of us say we would never serve a guest food that’s out of date, it means that there are still around 1.2 million potential ‘hosts’ in Britain who would secretly scrape off the mouldy parts and then serve up the rest.
According to the new study, three quarters of us would still eat food that was past its use-by date, happy to trust our nose and judgement with a quick ‘sniff test’.
Old cheese tops the list for the average Brit as the worst offender, but the top 10 out of date chilled items in the UK are:
One in 10 Brits say they argue with their partner on whether things should be refrigerated, such as eggs, and with over half of people wrongly believing eggs have to be kept in the fridge, while more than 40% think that jam, marmalade, honey and ketchup should be kept cooled despite being fine to be stored at room temperature.
Top 10 things that Brits refrigerate unnecessarily:
Source: Beko
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