Dairy and eggs

Eggs, milk, butter, cheese and yogurt. Each guide says how long it keeps in the fridge and freezer, what it looks like as it spoils, and what to use instead.

A block of cream cheese on its opened foil and an open tub of cream cheese with its lid beside it on a wooden cutting board.

How to store cream cheese

Cream cheese keeps about 2 weeks in the fridge once opened. How to store it, whether to freeze it, and when mold means the whole tub goes.

Three kinds of cheese: a wedge of cheddar, a small round of brie with one slice cut, and a piece of Parmesan on a wooden cutting board.

How to store Cheese

Hard cheese keeps 3 to 4 weeks in the fridge once opened and soft cheese 1 to 2 weeks. How to wrap it, freeze it, and when mould means cut or bin.

An open carton of clean, uncracked brown eggs on a kitchen counter.

How to store Eggs

Raw eggs keep 3 to 5 weeks in the fridge, in the carton on an inside shelf, and up to a year frozen out of the shell. How to store, freeze and check old eggs.

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