Out of date Rego Recovery?

[Valiant]

At the back of the office cupboard I have found my old bottles of powdered Rego Recovery drink. It expired in Feb 2008.

It smells ok...

Did it actually expire? I would have thought that powdered stuff lasted yonks like tins foods?

[hellymedic]

Dunno about Rego Recovery.
David has recently used my 10 years out-of-date Isostar and is alive and well...

[andygates]

I'd be happy with it.  I have some supps from 2005

[Rhys W]

Isostar is just sugars and minerals and Rego is made from dairy products... but I always think expiry dates err well on the side of caution. As long as there's nothing growing in there I'd give it a go.

[Fab Foodie]

It'll be fine.  If it's dry there should be little or no degradation of any note.  Most likely effect will be a loss or slight dulling of the flavour.  It certainly won't harm you.

[rafletcher]

There are legal maximum shelf lives for food products, and the manufacturers cannot exceed them. Why otherwise would a tinned product have a shelf life of 2 year when it's evident that it would last a lot longer. Possibly decades longer!

It's fine 

[mrcharly-YHT]

Isostar is just sugars and minerals and Rego is made from dairy products..

No it isn't.

it is made from Soy protein (vegan friendly)

I wouldn't trust it. Protein grows nasty stuff.

If unopened, I think you could chance it.

[Rhys W]

You're right (just been down to the kitchen to check...) I always thought the protein in these things was whey protein - I must have been thinking about something else.

[Biff]

I'd be happy with it.  I have some supps from 2005

Four year old suppositories? Yum.

[Snakehips]

This thread gives me fresh hope that my collection of 'Best before May 2008' Go Gel sachets will one day perform the service for which they were created.

Snake

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[valkyrie]

I had some out of date Rego a few weeks back and while it didn't actually make me ill I couldn't drink it. It wouldn't mix properly in the water, just stayed as horrible lumps. Binned the lot of it.

[Malandro]

If there is any chance its been able to absorb any moisture, I wouldn't touch it.  Once you mix say, the strawberry Rego, its a nice pinkish colour.  Leave it a few hours, especially out of the fridge and goes a horrible grey.  Yuk.

[Quisling]

I've recently polished off some 2008 vintage PSP22.  And lived. No problems.

[teethgrinder]

I used a 10 year out of date bovril cube last night.















Still alive.