How long do these ingredients last?

Baby food jars & cans	Unopened	Open refrigerated	Open on shelf
Fruits & vegetables	2 months after date	2-3 days
Meats & eggs	2 months after date	1 day
Cereal, dry mixes	Use-by date		2 months
Formula	Use-by date	1-2 days
Baking ingredients	Unopened	Open refrigerated	Open on shelf
Baking powder	6 months		3 months
Baking soda	18 months		6 months
Biscuit or pancake mix	15 months		use-by date
Cake, brownie and bread mixes	12-18 months		use-by date
Cornmeal, regular degerminated	6-12 months	12 months
stone ground or blue	1 month	2-3 months
Cornstarch	18 months		18 months
Flour, white	6-12 months		6-8 months
Flour, whole wheat	1 month	6-8 months
Frosting, canned	10 months	1 week
Frosting mixes	12 months		3 months
Beans, dried	12 months		12 months
Canned goods, low acid	2-5 years	3-4 days
(such as meat, poultry, fish, gravy, stew, soups, beans, carrots, corn, pasta, peas, potatoes, spinach)
Canned goods, high acid	12-18 months	5-7 days
(such as juices, fruit, pickles, sauerbraut, tomato, soup, and foods in vinegar-based sauce)
Cereal, ready-to-eat	6-12 months		3 months
Cereal, cook-before-eat	12 months		6-12 months
Chocolate	18-24 months		1 year
Chocolate syrup	2 years	6 months
Cocoa and cocoa mixes	indefinitely		1 year
Coffee	Unopened	Open refrigerated	Open on shelf
Whole beans, non-vacuum bag	1-3 weeks	3-4 months frozen
Ground, in cans	2 years	2 weeks
Instant, jars and tins	12 months		2-3 months
Condiments	Unopened	Open refrigerated	Open on shelf
Barbecue sauce, bottled	12 months	4 months	1 month
Catsup, tomato; cocktail sauce or chili sauce	12 months	6 months	1 month
Chutney	12 months	1-2 months
Horseradish, in jar	12 months	3-4 months
Mayonnaise, commercial	2-3 months	2 months
Mustard	12 months	1 year	1-2 months
Olives, black and green	12 -18 months	2 weeks
Pickles	12 months	1-2 months
Salad dressings, commercial, bottled	10-12 months	3 months
Salsa, picante and taco sauces	12 months	1 month
Cookies, packaged	2 months	8-12 months frozen	4 weeks
Crackers	8 months	freeze or refrig. 3-4 months	1 month
Diet powder mixes	6 months		3 months
Extracts, vanilla, lemon, etc.	3 years		1 year
Fruits, dried	6 months	6 months
Garlic, chopped, commercial jars	18 months	Refrigerate; use by date on jar
Gelatin, flavored	18 months		reseal 4 months
Gelatin, unflavored	3 years		reseal 4 months
Gravy, jars & cans	2-5 years	1-2 days
dry gravy mixes	2 years		Mix entire packet
Herbs, dried	1-2 years		Store in cool dark place 1 year.
Honey	12 months		12 months
Jams, jellies, preserves	12 months	6 months
Juice, boxes	4-6 months	8-12 days
Lentils, dried	12 months		12 months
Maple syrup, pure genuine	12 months	12 months
Marshmallows, marshmallow creme	2-4 months		1 month
Milk, canned evaporated	12 months	4-5 days
Molasses	12 months		6 months
Mushrooms, dried	6 months		3 months
Oils, olive or vegetable	6 months		4-6 months
walnut, macadamia, other nut oils	6 months	4 months
vegetable oil sprays	2 years		1 year
Nuts, jars or cans	12 months	4-6 months, Freeze 9-12 months
Pasta, dry, made without eggs	2 years		1 year
dry egg noodles	2 years		1-2 months
Peanut butter, commercial	6-9 months		2-3 months
Peas, dried split	12 months		12 months
Pectin	Use by package date		1 mo.
Popcorn, dry kernels in jar	2 years		1 year
commercially popped in bags	2-3 months		1-2 weeks
Microwave packets	12 months		1-2 days popped
Potato chips	2 months		1-2 weeks
Potatoes, instant	6-12 months		6-12 months
Pudding mixes	12 months		3-4 months
Rice, white or wild	2 years		1 year
brown	1 year	6 months
flavored or herb mixes	6 months		Use entire amt.
Sauce mixes, non dairy (spaghetti, taco, etc.)	2 years		Use entire amt.
cream sauces with milk solids	1 year
Shortening, solid	8 months		3 months
Soda	Unopened	Open refrigerated	Open on shelf
Diet sodas, bottles or cans	3 months after date	2-3 days
Regular sodas, bottles	3 months after date	2-3 days
Regular sodas, cans	9 months after date	n.a.
Soup mixes	12 months		Use entire amt.
Spices, whole	2-4 years		sealed 1 year
ground	2-3 years		sealed 1 year
Paprika, red pepper, chili powder	2 years	Store in refrig.
Sugar, brown			Sugar nevers spoils
Granulated			Sugar nevers spoils
Confectioners	18 months
Sugar substitutes	2 years
Syrup, pancake, maple & other flavors	12 months		12 months
Tapioca	12 months		12 months
Tea, bags	18 months		12 months
Loose	2 years		6-12 months
Instant	3 years		6-12 months
Toaster pastries, fruit filled	6 months		Keep foil packets sealed
non-fruit fillings	9 months
Tomatoes, sun dried, packed in oil	12 months	6-12 months
packed in cellophane	9 months		3-6 months
Vinegar	2 years		12 months
Yeast, dry, packets and jars	Use-by date	Refrigerate open jars
Water, bottled	1-2 years		3 months
Worcestershire sauce	1 year		1 year