How long does tomato paste last

Keep unopened tomato paste in a cool, dark pantry, out of the sun. FoodKeeper prints the pantry as 27 months. The bold number is twenty-seven months. The fridge is Not the usual place. The usual place for a sealed can is not the fridge. The freezer is 2–3 months. The bold number is two months. A sooner date on the can wins. Date types are on the use-by and best-before guide.

After opening, use a clean spoon and close the lid. The pantry cell is Refrigerate. That is not a day. Put it in the fridge, 5 days. The bold number is five days. The freezer is 2–3 months. FoodKeeper prints one freezer window for the product, not a second one for the sealed can. This page does not paste a vegetable ceiling onto paste. A tomato on the counter is not this can. Tomatoes have their own page. Ketchup has its own page. If you are still unsure, the still-safe tool asks from the short end of the chart.

Get perishable food into the fridge within 2 hours of cooking it or bringing it home, and within 1 hour if the kitchen is above 32°C (90°F). USDA FSIS and Turkey’s Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry both publish that cutoff. A closed deep pot stays warm; a shallow box cools.

A chart is a window, not a verdict on the container in your hand. A sour smell, a slimy surface, or mould means it is finished, even on day one. This page is not medical advice.

• Mould on an opened surface, in a spoon track, or under the lid. Skimming the top does not rescue the can.
• A lid that bulges, a can that domes, or gas that hisses out.
• A yeasty, alcoholic, or sharp sour smell. The paste’s own taste is not that.
• Black specks, or water that will not stir back in.

A darker red in an old can can be quality. Mould and gas are not. This page does not tell you to taste your way to an answer.

FoodKeeper prints one freezer window for the product. The sealed row is 2–3 months. The opened row is 2–3 months. The bold number is two months. That is not a second window invented for the sealed can. The months are quality. Food held at −18°C (0°F) stays safe, per USDA. Thaw in the fridge. Do not refreeze. Portioning into small boxes is so a thawed portion does not go back. The thawing tool follows a printed window.

The opened pantry cell is not a day, Refrigerate. The fridge stays 5 days.

Thaw in the refrigerator, not on the counter. Do not refreeze a portion that has thawed. The ministry states the same rule: thaw frozen food in the fridge and take out only what you will eat.

• Tomato paste is ketchup. This page is tomato paste. Ketchup has its own page. This page does not paste that chart here. The unopened pantry is 27 months.
• Opened paste keeps the sealed pantry months in the cupboard. The opened pantry is Refrigerate. That is not a day. The fridge is 5 days. The bold number is five days.
• The sealed can has a second freezer month of its own. FoodKeeper prints one window, 2–3 months and 2–3 months. The bold number is two months. It is not a second window for the sealed can.

The windows assume a generally healthy household. Pregnancy, young children, older age, or a weakened immune system are reasons to keep the shorter figure, to skip raw or undercooked food, and to reheat leftovers until the centre is steaming. USDA’s figure for reheating leftovers is 74°C (165°F).

In pregnancy, for young children, in older age, or with a weakened immune system, do not taste a bulging can or a mouldy spoonful to decide. Heating does not undo gas or mould. Tomato paste is not the tomato on the counter, and it is not ketchup. This page does not add a vegetable ceiling, and it does not write a day of its own.