Out of date sports drinks...

[E65Ross]

I've got some out of date powdered sports drinks but, surely, they'd still be OK to use, as they're dry powder? The main product in question is Science in Sport GO Electrolyte.....recently discovered this in the garage, had been opened before and used about 1/3 of the 1.6kgs tub and been in garage for about 12 months, maybe more, its best before date is 17/04/2015 so not long out of date.

The other is a "my protein" protein powder, which actually expired in November last year, but if I recall the expiration times on the protein powder is far shorter than the SIS stuff (think that GO is over 2 years old, yet the protein was purchased earlier last year).

Am I going to die? I'm sure it'll be fine....!

[julianm]

Found this :

Typical values per 100g

Energy 1558kj/367kcal
Protein 0.0g
Carbohydrate of which sugars 92g
Fat 0.0g

Fibre 0.1g
Sodium 0.6g

Which means it`s basically sugar & salt.
Not a bad racket at around £15 a kilo!

[richardxjr]

'best before' = crack on, it'll be fine.

'consume by' = I wouldn't after about a month past.

[E65Ross]

julianm said:

Found this :

Typical values per 100g

Energy 1558kj/367kcal
Protein 0.0g
Carbohydrate of which sugars 92g
Fat 0.0g

Fibre 0.1g
Sodium 0.6g

Which means it`s basically sugar & salt.
Not a bad racket at around £15 a kilo!

Not sure what product that's for, but it's not for either of the 2 I've just mentioned, and I certainly don't pay £15/kg either.

Thanks for the useful post

[SteveSteveson]

We are all going to die at some point

If it is best before your fine. More likely than anything, it will start to go damp and turn in to a solid lump and any flavourings may start to brake down. It won't kill you.

[Some Gump]

I hope not. My energy gels are a year out of date!

Bougt a bogof from wiggle early doors, then realised that gels really are just an emergency thing. Comsumption dropped considerably

[E65Ross]

Just got back from a 40 mile ride and used 40g of GO electrolyte.... Still alive