Free eBook. Sign up and get instant access to my free eBook. Learn the shelf life of 21 specific foods, the signs of spoiled foods, and how to store them properly to keep them fresh longer. Like other protein or meat products on the market, bacon usually has a sell-by date label instead of the expiration date. Because of this, you may still consume your bacon even after the sell-by date has passed.
Is your bacon still good for consumption though? What does spoiled bacon look like? If your bacon has turned brown or gray with a tinge of green or blue, that one has spoiled already. Too much exposure to air causes a chemical reaction on the meat that leads to the change in color.
Fresh bacon will always have its natural meaty smell. Your bacon is spoiled if it smells sour, fishy, rotting or just really unpleasant.
Bacteria growth and rancidity can make bacon smell nasty. Good bacon is soft, fresh and moist. Bad bacon feels slimy to the touch and has a sticky sheen around it. Lactic acid bacteria causes slime formation on meat.
It is best to dispose of spoiled bacon immediately before it contaminates your other meat products. Make sure to wrap it up with plastic and throw it out to prevent the smell from spreading throughout your kitchen.
Any bad meat, including spoiled bacon, has a high risk of containing large amounts of bacteria including Staphylococcus, Salmonella, Bacillus, Clostridium and Escherichia coli.
Spoiled bacon will taste sour due to bacteria forming on it. What happens if you accidentally eat bad bacon? Food poisoning. Symptoms of food poisoning may include nausea and vomiting. You may also experience abdominal pain, fever, headache and body aches. Many cases of food poisoning resolve on their own without any specific treatment. However, in some cases, people develop severe symptoms and complications like severe abdominal pain, vomiting of blood, severe dehydration, high fever and extreme drowsiness.
It is best to consult your doctor if you suspect food poisoning to get proper treatment. Despite our tremendous love for bacon, there is always the concern of it being unhealthy.
Bacon has a bad reputation of containing plenty of fats that cause high cholesterol leading to serious health conditions. However, some may argue that bacon is actually healthy for you. But of course, anything that is too much can be bad. When eaten in the right proportion, the health benefits will outweigh all the downsides associated with bacon. Bacon should never go bad…. Therefore, if you notice some greenish dots, dull or preferably turning grey-brown over your bacon, it has gone bad.
Cooked meat can eventually get moldy once left for too long inside the fridge. Definitely, yes, bacon is appropriate for freezing to extend its shelf life. And when it suitably stored, frozen bacon can probably last for about six months inside your freezer. Eating a piece of spoiled bacon can put us at risk of food poisoning from various bacteria.
And some bacteria can cause diarrhea, vomiting, fever, fatigue, and abdominal pain. Raw or fresh bacon will keep fresh for the whole week inside your refrigerator. Regardless of that, cooked bacon might lose some of its crispness, its works ideally in sandwiches and salads.
Suitable storage can aid in maximizing the quality and shelf life of the bacon. For beginners, ensure to freeze or refrigerate your bacon right after use. It may lose some crispness once cooled, but should work well in salads and sandwiches. The safest method is to slowly bring the temperature down by moving your bacon from the freezer into the fridge, where it will stay good for up to one week.
Bacon lovers will easily be able to tell if their bacon has turned bad. Bad bacon will lose its fresh, pink-red hue and will start to turn grey, brown or maybe even slightly greenish. The flesh will also look dull, losing its healthy sheen. Bacon goes bad in two ways: bacterial growth can make it dangerous, and rancidity can make it smell nasty. Unless you want to freeze it, then of course, it should be kept in the freezer.
The refrigerator is the best place to keep every kind of bacon : raw opened or unopened, cooked, bacon slices, or leftovers. After cooking bacon, make sure to save the remaining bacon grease for later use. Or put the cooked slices into a freezer bags or airtight containers.
Vacuum-sealed raw bacon in an unopened package will be fine until the best-by date and a couple of days longer a week or so.
If you want to store it for a longer period, put the package into the freezer right away. It can sit there for additional 2 months or a little longer.
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