Once the best-before date has passed, are foods not suitable for consumption?

Every day we eat and we decide. But do we really know what we are eating? Surely you will have heard it said that additives are toxic, that eating fruit at the end of meals makes you fat, or that juice loses its vitamins if you don't drink it quickly… All these are false beliefs related to food that are increasingly present among the population. In 'No m'ho empasso' (I don't swallow it), a new video podcast from the ARA newspaper in collaboration with the Generalitat de Catalunya and the Canal Aliments, we will debunk frequent myths about food.

Eating is a basic necessity, but meals are also a cultural and social space. The Canal Aliments is a platform that aims to be a reference channel for information needs related to the quality and safety of the food that is produced and consumed in Catalonia. The platform seeks to promote Catalan products and gastronomy, healthy food and habits, as well as to make known the work carried out throughout the entire food chain by companies and administrations so that food reaches consumers with the highest quality.

How to know what is good and what is not?

Throughout five episodes, professors and researchers from universities and research centers in Catalonia will help us debunk false myths about nutrition based on scientific evidence.

In the second episode of 'No m'ho empasso!', together with Doctor Oriol Comas Basté, we talk about one of the most repeated false beliefs: once the best-before date has passed, are foods suitable for consumption?

Oriol Comas Basté is a Doctor of Food and Nutrition, a professor at the Department of Nutrition, Food Science and Gastronomy at the University of Barcelona. And beyond his work as a professor and researcher, his firm commitment against misinformation in the agri-food sector stands out.