For the majority of people, the answer to this question is very simple. No, you should not eat any expired cookie dough or any other expired food for that matter. So please stop asking me if it’s “safe” to eat your old cookie dough because I’ve seen many different variations of this question and I’ll give you the same answer every time: “No.”

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Eating expired food has many dangerous outcomes. You could get sick, or even die. There are many reported cases of food poisoning from expired foods globally each year. These cases range from mild symptoms to extreme illnesses that require hospitalization, and even death. Eating expired food can cause you unsuspected health effects.

According to WHO, more than 600 million people or 1-10 people fall seriously ill after eating contaminated or expired food each year? The most common illness that these people face is diarrhea, but it can also lead to stomach cramps, nausea, and vomiting. Symptoms usually appear within 12 to 48 hours after eating the food and disappear in about 3-4 days without treatment.

Around 325,000 children under 5 years die each year globally because of experiencing an illness that is caused by eating contaminated or expired food.

Expertly date on dough cookies

But, let’s have a look at this from a different view. Some cookie doughs are packaged with the best before date somewhere on the pack and not all of them clearly state that you shouldn’t eat it if it has been opened already. The expiry dates only apply to unopened products. Once you open the product, its consumption should be determined by its appearance, aroma, and taste. If it has changed in any way since you’ve opened the package then discard it.

No, I don’t have proper statistics or sources to back me up on this one but I will try my best until I come across them somewhere.

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