How long does it last?And the date yours runs out.
In your fridge
Nothing kept yet. Open any food, put in the day and press Keep in my fridge on the row that fits: it waits here, the first to run out on top.
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14 aisles, as the USDA files them
A category page lists everything on this site filed under it, longest-keeping first.
Most looked up
The 40 foods people ask about most, each with the USDA answer its page opens with.
- Eggs3–5 weeks in the fridge
- Chicken1–2 days in the fridge
- Yogurt1–2 weeks in the fridge
- Rice1 year in the pantry once opened
- Avocados3–4 days in the fridge
- Mayonnaise2 months in the fridge once opened
- Salsa1 month in the fridge once opened
- Tuna3 years in the pantry
- Ham3–4 days in the fridge
- Beef1–2 days in the fridge
- Butter1–2 months in the fridge
- Onions2 months in the fridge
- Bananas3 days in the fridge
- Hummus7 days in the fridge once opened
- Tofu1 week in the fridge
- Cooked rice4–6 days in the fridge
- Leftovers3–4 days in the fridge
- Milk5 kinds
- Bacon1 week in the fridge once opened
- Turkey1–2 days in the fridge
- Cheese3–4 weeks in the fridge once opened
- Bread3–5 days in the pantry
- Potatoes1–2 months in the pantry
- Tomatoesuntil ripe, then 7 days in the pantry
- Apples4–6 weeks in the fridge
- Strawberries2–3 days in the fridge
- Carrots2–3 weeks in the fridge
- Lettuce1–2 weeks in the fridge
- Pizza12 months in the freezer
- Shrimp, crayfish1–3 days in the fridge
- Sour creamuntil the package use-by date in the fridge
- Peanut butter2–3 months in the pantry once opened
- Ketchup6 months in the fridge once opened
- Guacamole3–4 days in the fridge
- Cottage cheese1 week in the fridge once opened
- Hot dogs1 week in the fridge once opened
- Fatty fish1–2 days in the fridge
- Soup3–4 days in the fridge
- Cream cheese2 weeks in the fridge
- Luncheon meat or poultry3–5 days in the fridge once opened
If you know the shelf but not the food
Three rankings the source does not publish, each computed from its own figures, and the full index behind them.
What this site adds to the source
The FoodKeeper data publishes up to nine storage figures per food and stops there. Each food page prints those figures as published and turns them into a date on your own calendar; three rankings compare them across foods: freezer against refrigerator, before against after opening, and the longest keepers.
The largest of those freezer gains on this site is shared by 4 foods, Turkey and Squid among them, each 180 times longer frozen than the window it has without a freezer.
How a food earns a page
One page per food name, not per row of the source. Where the USDA lists several kinds under one name — sorts of leftovers, sorts of milk — they share a page and each kind keeps its own windows. A name earns a page where the source gives it a window outside the freezer and at least 3 neighbors on its shelf, and where its page differs materially from every page already published.
Each page prints the USDA figures as published and the same food safety rules from the FDA and USDA FSIS; what to do once a date has passed is on its own page.
KeepsUntil is an independent reference built on public USDA data. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the U.S. Department of Agriculture or the Food and Drug Administration. Storage times are reproduced from USDA FoodKeeper as published; when in doubt, follow the FDA and USDA FSIS guidance linked on every food page.