I went to my stash today for energy gels. The green ones have gone puffy. Are they safe to eat? What is causing the gas build up? Stored them in a cupboard above the sink. SIS one on the right for comparison.
by pseudobacon
I went to my stash today for energy gels. The green ones have gone puffy. Are they safe to eat? What is causing the gas build up? Stored them in a cupboard above the sink. SIS one on the right for comparison.
by pseudobacon
23 Comments
Can you? Yes. Should you? Probably not. Usually things that are puffing up is because bacterial growth is producing gaseous byproducts.
why risk your health with botulism ?, throw them away and buy new ones
There should be a ‘best by’ or ‘use by’ date on the package. Secondly, if it smells strong/bad/wrong when you open it, bin it
Have you changed altitude quickly?
I had 5 of these (wcup) some time ago (not expired). Drank one, but didn’t quite taste right either, no issues, but threw the rest out. They’re expensive, but not worth getting sick over..
That looks like an opportunity to become projectile diarrhea and/or vomit meat cannon. If you must consider eating them, open and sniff. If there is no off-putting odor, taste a SMALL amount. If no foul flavor, weigh whether it’s STILL worth the risk to consume them. Given that gell pouches aren’t supposed to bloat like that, I’d be super-hesitant. GI infections rarely end well, even in their mildest forms.
*nice hiss*
You can eat anything once 🤙 but I wouldnt eat those , unless its wine at this point
Doesn’t seem worth the risk to me, honestly.
What’s the worse that’s happened? Fermentation? Get a lil something extra!
It worked out well to Bruce Banner. Just remain chill.
Yeah, because getting diarrhea while riding is so much fun.
Better not risk a diarrhea half route
Try it. Who knows it might give you a boost
Are you at elevation? When I went to Wyoming I was at 5-6k ft at the hotel vs being around sea level at home.
All of my packaged stuff like shot blocks looked swollen like that. lol my unused ones deflated back to normal when I went home.
r/EatItYouFuckinCoward
Probably not that much more disgusting than eating fresh ones.
I know some of you love these things. And I hope you and your gels have a long, happy life together.
But they’re gross.
A little fermentation might make that SiS taste better. Not sure it’ll do anything for the nasty ass snot texture tho.
I wouldn’t risk it…
Did it pass the “sniff test”?
No
Only one way to find out
Did they puff up sitting in your pantry or after driving up to a higher elevation? Pressure change was not a factor, right?
I wouldn’t eat anything that started going bad? Open it up and give it the smell test.