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Friday, September 29, 2006
What does that Mars code mean?As I’m often found eating expired (or at least past prime) candy, it was a wonderful comment on the Skittles Fresh Mint post that breaks the code on the package of Mars products. Reader Dave posted the code in the comments and I’m putting it here for everyone to use. Here’s how do figure out when that candy was made: The date of packaging is within the first three digits of the code - the first digit is the last number of the year and the next two are the week of the year. So, the Milky Way bar I have in front of me says: That means it was made in the 20th week of 2006 - or sometime between May 14th to the 21st. Pretty fresh. The Milky Way Dark I have says: That means it was made in the 14th week of 2006 - or sometime between April 2nd to the 9th. Not bad. This seems to work with Canadian Mars products too, as this is what the Mars Dark says: That means it was made the 35th week of 2005 ... hmm, sometime between August 26th and September 2nd. That’s a little old. But I it must have been stored properly as it was still fresh and tasty. The week of the year thing is a little tricky unless you have a payroll calendar nearby, so a quick and easy way to approximate the month is to divide the week by four (it gets less reliable the higher the number because there’s usually a fraction of a week left in the month). The UK Mars bar I have simply has an expiration date on it (12-11-06). I’m not sure if that’s the European date style (November 12th, 2006) or the American (December 11, 2006) but at least neither of them have passed yet. Related CandiesPOSTED BY Cybele AT 12:50 pm
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is it okay to eat expired chocolates?
a week or a month expired maybe?
I know I’m late to the game here… but some info for you guys:
I bought a 30 count variety pack of Mars candy bars.
Code Date: 737E44GA38 20:52
Best Before: 09/2008
So there’s about 1 year shelf life on these things. Hope this is useful!
Thanks Brian!
hi, i recently bought a pack of mars chocolates (made in Ireland) with expiration date 08/03/09. i was thinking that would be aug 3, 2009 but i just realized that it might be mar 8, 2009 as well. the code attached to it reads 832C31GM00. based on the blog above,it would have been made on the 32nd week of 2008, which would be sometime in august 2008? is that right?
thanks
What is the shelf life of candy? How many weeks, months, past their born date?
EXP: M&Ms;with a date of 826BL?
thanks
All mars candy has a shelf life of 1 year 60 days from the date of manufacturing. So the first number is the year the second is the week it was produced, figure it out you have a year and 60 days from them. Hershey and Nestle, the letter is the month it expires in a = jan, b = feb, and so on the year is the year it expires in. Hope this helps.
how do i read the expiration code on my bag of skittles? 802EX
WAC05 02
Tina - your candy was made in January 2008.
Skittles are good for at least a year, probably 18 months ... you should be okay. But if they don’t look right, return them or write to Mars.
http://www.mars.com/global/Contact+Us/Contact+Us.htm
I work @ Rite Aid and I am constantly looking @ expiration dates on Candy, IDK why Mars has to make it so difficult, Put the right date of expiration and everything will run smoothly!. Its such a hassle to try to figure it out.
Are these codes expired?Hersheys Heath English Toffee Bits..
7CR3A 6B
67JF3B 5K
49GR2A 8J
72CR1B 6A
72CR1B 6A
WE SHOULDN’T NEED AN INTERPERTER TO DECIFER EXPIRATIONS CODES!
I have a several bars of Hebert Milk Chocolate with Roasted Almonds. The code I found on the back of the wrapper is 08045A. By this code can you tell me the expiration date?
Thanks!
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