The expiration dates of food and drink products are a critically important piece of information to know, especially for someone like me who works in a retail establishment that has a cooler filled with various colas for the customers to enjoy. Pepsi and Coca-Cola both stamp a clear, human-readable expiration date on their products. The Pepsi I'm drinking right now has the expiration date "Nov 19 07" very clearly stamped on the bottle. Coke does something similar, stamping an easily-read and understandable expiration date not only once, but twice on their products ("102207" on the cap ring and "OCT2207" on the bottle itself).
As mentioned, Pepsi and Coke are very good at marking expiration dates. Dr. Pepper, however, is not. Instead of using an easily-readable date for the expiration, they have opted to use a cryptic code. Here is an example:
07:57 OT6 H7225
I imagine this is actually a production code, but it should be possible to figure out the expiration date from this. But how?
2007-09-24 08:57:20 · 18 answers · asked by Torin Darkflight 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
This is a really interesting question. I think you are right that it is a production code that they don't want you to know. I worked for several food companies with different codes so I'll tell you how to try to figure it out.
First you need to get several examples of the code so you can see what is changing. They usually use either a date, for example H could be a specific month, but do not assume that I is the next month (I told you they were sneaky), and then 7 could be the 7th day and 5 the last digit of the year.
Or another possibility is 7 is the seventh month and 225 is the 225th day of the year. Both systems are used. Almost always also included in the code is line number and probably shift number. 7:57 could be time and therefore shift is already defined. OT could also be October but that's pretty obvious and I doubt it.
Anyway get several codes and compare them. Look for
Date, Year, Shift, Line, and also one may be a flavor code if they run several flavors on that line. Its a real challenge to figure it out but it can be done if you know what you are looking for.
2007-09-24 09:20:04 · answer #1 · answered by skipper 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Dr Pepper Expiration Date
2016-12-28 04:59:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
How to read this code
07:57 OT6 H7225
Focus on the "H7225"
The H is a code for where it was produced
The 7 is the final digit of the year it was PRODUCED e.g. 2007 or 1997 or 1987
The next three digits in this case 225 are the day of the year in which it was produced (225th day)
***From 7up.com***
Q: What is the shelf life of this product?
A: Diets with Aspartame or Aspartame/AceK blends: 13 weeks. Glass & Cans with Sugar or HFCS Sweetener: 26 weeks. Plastic Bottles (all products) 13 weeks.
13weeks = 91 days 26 weeks = 182 days
So lets say you bought a product that had a code of D3250 (Produced on the 250th day of 2013)(Sept 7th)
Diets with Aspartame or Aspartame/AceK blends or Plastic Bottles (all products) would expire on Dec 7th,2013
Glass & Cans with Sugar or HFCS Sweetener would expire March 8th,2014
2014-01-06 15:25:27 · answer #3 · answered by W 1 · 7⤊ 0⤋
Expiration Codes
2016-11-13 20:12:24 · answer #4 · answered by Erika 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Music enables you to eat more. According to a survey by the journal Psychology along with Marketing, soft, classical tunes encourage that you take time over your dinner, so you consume more meals. So, switch off – silence could make you more aware of what you’re putting in your mouth.
2016-12-25 05:38:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
When out at a restaurant, ask the server to hold on to the bread, snack mix or chips and salsa that will come before the meal. Should you be hungry, you'll be tempted.
2016-01-29 17:46:41 · answer #6 · answered by Rutha 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
i used to deliver beer and the exp date is stamped on the box... some were not so clear like the batch number you're looking at.
typically your delivery man or sales rep has been trained on how to read them. ask them to decipher it for you and teach you how to read it.
also, if it is out of date, they can't let you sell it. often they'll take it back to the warehouse and replace your stock with in date products.
can't hurt to try
2007-10-02 07:05:21 · answer #7 · answered by JB 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It’s Friday brunch time and you just can’t stop going back for seconds. But hang on! Stop for just a minute and suck on an additional strong mint. The flavour can put you off that third plate of chicken korma/roast beef/sushi medley.
2016-05-01 23:13:33 · answer #8 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Do your food shopping with a list and a time limit; that way, you're unlikely to stray into the processed foods section.
2016-02-19 10:32:20 · answer #9 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Get back to basics – burn more calories than you ingest.
2017-02-14 23:07:49 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋