From USDA FoodKeeper and FSIS
Food storage times A–Z
Look up how long a food keeps in the fridge, or whether a pantry food needs the fridge once it’s open.
157 foods
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A
B
- Baconabout 7 days
- Bananasabout 3 days
- Barramundiabout 1 day
- Basilabout 4 days
- Beetsabout 7 days
- Bell peppersabout 4 days
- Blueberriesabout 3 days
- Broccoliabout 3 days
- Brussels sproutsabout 3 days
- Butterabout 30 days
- Buttermilkabout 7 days
- Butternut squashpantry: about 14 days
C
- Cabbageabout 7 days
- Carrotsabout 14 days
- Cauliflowerabout 3 days
- Celeryabout 7 days
- Chardabout 5 days
- Cheddar cheeseabout 30 days
- Cherry tomatoesabout 5 days
- Chicken breastabout 1 day
- Chicken thighsabout 1 day
- Chicken wingsabout 1 day
- Chivesabout 7 days
- Cilantroabout 4 days
- Codabout 1 day
- Cooked baconabout 4 days
- Cooked cabbageabout 3 days
- Cooked chickpeasabout 3 days
- Cooked crababout 3 days
- Cooked pastaabout 3 days
- Cooked quinoaabout 4 days
- Cooked shrimpabout 3 days
- Cornabout 1 day
- Cotija cheeseabout 30 days
- Cottage cheeseabout 7 days
- Cream cheeseabout 14 days
- Creme fraicheabout 14 days
- Cucumbersabout 4 days
- Curryabout 3 days
D
- Dillabout 4 days
E
F
- Feta cheeseabout 30 days
- Fish filletsabout 1 day
G
- Garlicpantry: about 30 days
- Gingerabout 14 days
- Goat cheeseabout 7 days
- Greek yogurtabout 7 days
- Green beansabout 3 days
- Green onionsabout 7 days
- Ground beefabout 1 day
- Ground chickenabout 1 day
- Ground lambabout 1 day
- Ground porkabout 1 day
- Ground turkeyabout 1 day
- Gruyere cheeseabout 30 days
- Guacamoleabout 1 day
H
- Half and halfabout 3 days
- Heavy creamabout 7 days
J
- Jalapenosabout 7 days
K
L
M
- Mascarpone cheeseabout 7 days
- Milkabout 7 days
- Mintabout 4 days
- Monterey Jack cheeseabout 30 days
- Mozzarella cheeseabout 7 days
- Mushroomsabout 3 days
O
P
- Parmesan cheeseabout 45 days
- Parsleyabout 2 days
- Peasabout 3 days
- Pecorino cheeseabout 45 days
- Pork chopsabout 3 days
- Potatoespantry: about 30 days
- Prosciuttoabout 14 days
R
- Raspberriesabout 2 days
- Ricotta cheeseabout 7 days
- Rosemaryabout 14 days
S
- Salmonabout 1 day
- Sausageabout 1 day
- Scallopsabout 1 day
- Shallotspantry: about 30 days
- Shiitake mushroomsabout 3 days
- Shrimpabout 1 day
- Sour creamabout 14 days
- Spinachabout 3 days
- Spring mixabout 3 days
- Steakabout 3 days
- Strawberriesabout 2 days
- Sweet potatoespantry: about 14 days
T
Y
- Yogurtabout 7 days
Z
- Zucchiniabout 4 days
Pantry and shelf-stable
The questions people ask about a jar are different: not how many days it has left, but whether it has to go in the fridge once it is open. These pages answer that, with the unopened and opened times the source gives.
Baking
- Baking powderrefrigerate after opening: not required
- Baking sodarefrigerate after opening: not required
- Brown sugarrefrigerate after opening: not required
- Chocolate chipsrefrigerate after opening: not required
- Cocoa powderrefrigerate after opening: not required
- Flourrefrigerate after opening: not required
- Sugarrefrigerate after opening: not required
- Whole wheat flourrefrigerate after opening: yes
- Yeastrefrigerate after opening: yes
Beverages
- Apple juicerefrigerate after opening: yes
- Coffee beansrefrigerate after opening: not required
- Oat milkrefrigerate after opening: yes
- Orange juicerefrigerate after opening: yes
- Red winerefrigerate after opening: yes
- White winerefrigerate after opening: yes
Canned goods
- Canned beansrefrigerate after opening: yes
- Canned tomatoesrefrigerate after opening: yes
- Canned tunarefrigerate after opening: yes
- Chicken brothrefrigerate after opening: yes
- Coconut milkrefrigerate after opening: yes
Condiments
- Barbecue saucerefrigerate after opening: not required
- Fish saucerefrigerate after opening: not required
- Hoisin saucerefrigerate after opening: yes
- Honeyrefrigerate after opening: not required
- Hot saucerefrigerate after opening: not required
- Jamrefrigerate after opening: yes
- Ketchuprefrigerate after opening: not required
- Maple syruprefrigerate after opening: yes
- Mayonnaiserefrigerate after opening: not required
- Misorefrigerate after opening: yes
- Mustardrefrigerate after opening: not required
- Natural peanut butterrefrigerate after opening: yes
- Oyster saucerefrigerate after opening: yes
- Peanut butterrefrigerate after opening: not required
- Pestorefrigerate after opening: yes
- Salsarefrigerate after opening: not required
- Soy saucerefrigerate after opening: not required
- Tahinirefrigerate after opening: yes
- Worcestershire saucerefrigerate after opening: not required
Dairy and eggs
- Fresh eggskeep refrigerated: yes
Dried goods
- Brown ricerefrigerate after opening: not required
- Dry pastarefrigerate after opening: not required
- Mixed nutsrefrigerate after opening: not required
- Oatsrefrigerate after opening: not required
- White ricerefrigerate after opening: not required
Oils
- Coconut oilrefrigerate after opening: not required
- Gheerefrigerate after opening: not required
- Olive oilrefrigerate after opening: not required
- Sesame oilrefrigerate after opening: not required
- Vegetable oilrefrigerate after opening: not required