Food Storage Guidelines--Staples
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Baking Powder
18 months or expiration date
Baking Soda
24 months
Bisquick
Expiration date
Bouillon
24 months
Bread Crumbs, dried
6 months
Bread - Rolls
3 days
Bulgar
6-12 months
Cereals - Unopened
6-12 months
Cereals - Opened
2-3 months
Cereal - Hot, dry
6 months
Chocolate - Pre-melted
12 months
Chocolate - Semi-sweet
18 months
Chocolate - Unsweetened
18 months
Chocolate Syrup - Unopened
24 months
Chocolate Syrup - Opened
6 months
Cocoa
Indefinite
Cocoa Mixes
8 months
Coffee
24 months
Coffee Lighteners (dry)
9 months
Cornmeal
12 months
Cornstarch
18 months
Drink Mix - Country Time Lemonade
24 months
Drink Mix - Crystal Light
24 months
Drink Mix - Kool Aid
18-24 months
Flour - White
6-8 months
Flour - Whole Wheat
6-8 months
Gelatin, all types
18 months
Grits
12 months
Honey
12-24 months
Jellies, Jams
12 months
Molasses
12+ months
Marshmallow Cream
3-4 months
Marshmallows
2-3 months
Mayonnaise
2-3 months
Milk - Condensed, unopened
12 months
Milk - Evaporated, unopened
12 months
Milk - Nonfat, dry, unopened
6 months
Pasta
24 months
Pectin - liquid or dry, unopened
12 months or expiration date
Rice - White
24+ months
Rice- Brown, Wild
6-12 months
Rice - Flavored or Herb
6 months
Rice - Minute
18 months
Salad Dressings - Bottled, unopened
10-12 months
Salad Oils
6 months
Oil - Crisco or Puritan
24 months
Oil - Corn
18 months
Oil - Vegetable
6 months
Shortening, solid
8 months
Vinegar (in container with plastic lid)
Indefinitely
Salt
Indefinitely
Sugar - Brown
18 months
Sugar - Confectioners'
24+ months
Sugar - Granulated
Indefinitely
Sugar - Artificial Sweeteners
24 months
Syrup - Corn
36 months
Syrup - Pancake
3-4 months
Tea - Bags
18 months
Tea - Instant
36 months
Tea - Loose
24 months
Vinegar - Unopened
24 months
Vinegar - Opened
12 months
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