2006-06-05 23:15:37 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Its soured cream, given a sharp taste by citric acid, essentially lemon juice. Its not actually sour as in "gone bad". By law all food has a sell by date, but also the food industry does research to find out how long food can be stored for - so you will usually find a "Best before date as well"
2006-06-07 19:59:44 · answer #1 · answered by David W 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's been soured by a specific bacterium which produces lactic acid and may sometimes be still alive, though it has usually been pasteurised. I'm not sure what happens if you leave it - probably an acid cheese something like Caerphilly.
'Sour' and 'bad' are two quite different things, as you will know if you have ever left milk out for a week.
Just revisited this question because I came across a link to "Shelf-life of Soured Cream" (as opposed to sell by date).
http://www.ochef.com/905.htm
It appears to last a lot longer than I thought!
2006-06-06 06:32:42 · answer #2 · answered by Owlwings 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because its like normal cream with lemon in it, now cream that has gone sour!
2006-06-07 10:17:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
So you will not by bad sour cream
2006-06-06 06:18:33 · answer #4 · answered by nastaany1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They dont want to leave a sour taste in your mouth at the end of it
2006-06-07 06:24:44 · answer #5 · answered by Beeshma 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because it can go bad and....well,I was gonna say sour,but it's already sour...so I don't know what'll happen if it goes bad.We always eat it before then.
2006-06-06 06:20:39 · answer #6 · answered by Fluttery 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
bcoz it is soured by lemon juice not old age
2006-06-06 06:18:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
everything has a sell by date even humans and animals so obvisly yes it does dont no how long for
2006-06-06 06:27:23 · answer #8 · answered by im_smoking_hot 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cos after that you hav to sell it as cheese
2006-06-07 20:32:05 · answer #9 · answered by silver scales 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol good question but it is still a milk product that can go off
2006-06-06 06:16:53 · answer #10 · answered by my_bleww_eyes 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋