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Shelf Life of Swanson Chicken Broth in Cartons?

October 21, 2010

My brother drives a tractor-trailer locally and after delivering at a local supermarket, ended up with 3 cases of Swanson chicken broth in the carton like boxes. They expire this month so what I am wondering is does anyone know if you can freeze these and/or does the 2 year after the date rule apply to these like other canned food? Thanks.

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By Jodi from Hendersonville, NC

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October 21, 20100 found this helpful

This is the closest product that I could find to compare it to the Swanson Chicken Broth in the carton.
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October 23, 20100 found this helpful

Why don't you just call the 800 phone number if there is one, on the box or carton & ask them. You don't have to say where you got the broth, just about the shelf life like you asked here. They would be the best source.

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October 23, 20100 found this helpful

I am sure they can be frozen for up to 6 months.

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October 23, 20100 found this helpful

I'm sure they could be frozen because the broth is no different than plain water.however,I would place the carton into a shopping bag to keep the carton from making contact with the Ice in the freezer or other packages you have in there.they could be kept up to a year possibly. I'd try to use them myself before that length of time. Louise

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October 23, 20100 found this helpful

You can freeze this, but not in the box! To make this easier to use from the freezer try freezing in an ice cub tray. Then add to dinner instead of water. You can use with soups or vegetables etc. You can add a good bit of flavor to most meat or vegetable dishes.

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If you have a case to freeze you might want to do some make ahead soups to freeze using the stock. One last hint, check the box, these are loaded with salt. Reduce salt in any recipe or dilute the stock by 1/2, that should keep the salt in check.

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October 23, 20100 found this helpful

Definitely freeze it in covered plastic containers (leaving room for expansion at the top), or in ice cube trays (but pop them into closed plastic bags so the broth doesn't absorb odors or that "freezer" taste). Use the broth (diluted with water if you're concerned about the salt) to cook rice or pasta in, which gives it extra flavor. You can also use the broth to moisten stuffing, or as a base for gravy.

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October 23, 20100 found this helpful

I buy in case lots (use a lot) and different brands. Some have the dates 2 yrs post on them. I open them and they are as fresh as new dates. Most items have a published date to serve for inventory purposes, somethings do not change with date (well, maybe 10 years old) and some things have a major break down in quality. Food shelves, etc have to only hand out non expired foods, no matter how short dated they are.

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So they can have a totally unregulated area set up of expired products. I would go a year on canned meats/fish, 2 years on veggies. Makes a difference on the package condition. The aseptic boxed container's inception was to make things more shelve stable for longer lengths of time.

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October 24, 20100 found this helpful

I don't know how many cartons of broth are in a case and if he has 3 cases how many that would be. Would it be hard to use up all the cartons even if frozen? Perhaps he should just give some to family and friends or donate to a food pantry.

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October 24, 20100 found this helpful

I just had to throw away one of those cartons of Swanson chicken broth away last week. It expired around 6 months ago, so I thought it might still be good, but boy, when I opened it, you could sure tell it was bad.

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Anonymous
November 5, 20150 found this helpful

How long after the date on Louisiana Cajun infused broth can it be used

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Anonymous
December 30, 20150 found this helpful

I just called Swanson because I had one box of chicken and one box of beef broth in cartons that had expiration dates for June and July of 2015. Gal said throw away due to quality issue.

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Anonymous
February 7, 20172 found this helpful

NEVER ASK THE COMPANY AS THEY WANT YOU TO BUY NOT TO USE AFTER THE EXP DATE SO THEY WILL AUTOMATICALLY SAY TURF IT I SAY TASTE BEFORE YOU USE AND YOUR BODY WILL TELL YOU

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October 20, 20170 found this helpful

You are correct. They are trained to say that so you buy more of their products.

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April 9, 20200 found this helpful

I have a carton of Swansons chicken broth with an e-mail expiration date of 08/21/2018. Great advice to call the 800 number on the box! Why didnt I think of that? LOL Thank you!

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January 7, 20221 found this helpful

They are trained to say that so that you don't sue them when you get sick after eating one of their products past the date.

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