Why do cake mixes have experiation dates?

[Dave_L]

Liability issues would be my guess. Congrats on the weight loss! That's fantastic. As you said, when you don't "cheat" the system and do it right, its a lot better. It's never a diet but a lifestyle change. Keep it up!

[rondog]

yeah, really, 114 pounds so far.

Fuuuuuck meee......

[Delfuego]

Flour can go bad (ie: rancid) and cake mixes and flour can get bugs in them. Smell and taste it to see if it has turned.

[asmo]

114 pounds is pure awesomeness... I have 20lbs to loose and I wont even give up carbs for that.

Congratulation!

[Voception]

Congrats on losing that much I'm in the 100+ lost club to, wasn't easy.

[Voception]

The bigger question would be why does bottled water have an expiration date.

This is because New Jersey requires all food and beverages, including water, to carry an expiration date on its packaging. It doesn't matter if you don't live in New Jersey... your water may carry an expiration date anyway to make it easier to standardize packaging. Some bottled water only carries its bottling date or a 'best by' date.

[RblDiver]

For the water, I would suspect that there's also the possibility that, depending on the packaging, contaminants could get inside. I know CO2 can escape from plastic pop bottles after a while, so I would guess that it's just as likely something else could find its way in.

[RCCrawler]

http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/pancake.asp

[buckshotbarlow]

So you'll keep buying more and keep them in business !!!

fully agree with this one...it's all about making you scared so you'll pitch the product and buy more...

[jhood001]

Stuff definitely goes bad with time. If it is edible, it will break down eventually.

I had a slice of cheesecake where the crust was made out of boxed graham cracker crumbs that were expired. The crust tasted like burn olive oil and the taste stayed in my mouth for hours. Then my digestive system attempted to abort everything in my body that wasn't nailed down.