Kitchen guides
Plain answers about the dates on your food, keeping it fresh, and wasting less. Every fact checked against official sources.
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Reading dates
How to read the expiry date codes on food packs
What EXP, BB, MFG and LOT mean, how to tell the day from the month, what a number like 24298 is, and where to find the date on cans, sachets and cartons.
Kitchen guides
Reading dates
Best before vs use by: what the dates on food really mean
Best before is about quality, use by is about safety. What each date means, how the rules differ around the world, and what to do when a date has passed.
Using Keepy
Getting started with Keepy
Set up Keepy in a minute, add your first food with a barcode and a date, and let Today and one daily reminder do the remembering.
Storing food
How to organise your fridge so less food goes to waste
The right fridge temperature, a first-in, first-out routine, where leftovers go, and when to use the freezer, so nothing gets forgotten at the back.
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