2006-10-30 07:16:36 · 13 answers · asked by kego 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
Sour cream, like any other foods, has shelf life. It means that it has only limited time to preserve its quality. That's why it has a use by date on it. Although sour cream is a fermented cream, it doesn't mean that it can no longer spoil. The bacterial culture that is in sour cream in non-pathogenic. However, if you carelessly store it or consume it beyond its expiry date, there may already be presence of pathogenic microogranisms (like molds) that may cause food poisoning.
2006-10-30 07:37:03 · answer #1 · answered by titanium007 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why do you have a hot water heater in your home? (You don't have to heat hot water, right?)
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Why do we park in a driveway and drive on a parkway?
Why do women have a pair of panties but just one bra?
OK, enough of that. To answer your question: Sour cream actually does go bad. Not sure exactly how it works, but cheese, yogurt, and sour cream are actually milk products and different types of bacterial cultures (don't worry; the bacteria are not harmful), so I'm guessing that if you leave the stuff long enough the bacteria either mutate or replicate themselves to the point where you don't have what you started with anymore.
2006-10-30 07:26:55 · answer #2 · answered by sarge927 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes sour is in relation to the taste but "sour" in relation to the date of the product is when the acid in it starts reacting. It is not safe to use after the date on it!
2016-05-22 12:06:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cos you wouldna consume it after that date wi,out risking life and limb cos shortly after it'll be unfit frae human consumption.
Apart from that what would ya want to buy sour cream fer?
2006-10-30 07:25:57 · answer #4 · answered by scrambulls 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it will go off in a bad way, when you buy it is has been controlably soured.
2006-10-30 07:19:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
All foods have a sel by date on them regulate dby the FDA to assure that your foods are sold to you by a reasonable date to insure freshness/
2006-10-30 07:35:29 · answer #6 · answered by princess fa la la 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it does grow mould i don't think any one wants that in their sour cream do you?
2006-11-03 01:42:23 · answer #7 · answered by needanswers 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can go bad and grow mold like any other dairy product.
2006-10-30 07:23:44 · answer #8 · answered by curiositycat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
becase it can go bad and if you eat it after that date and get horribly sick you cant sue them for it
2006-10-30 07:26:27 · answer #9 · answered by jdburen 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because all food expires eventually
BTW honey is the only food that never expires (or so i have been told)
2006-10-30 07:25:12 · answer #10 · answered by stase 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋