Can ice cream go bad if its left in the freezer?

October 11th, 2009 by Ice Cream Makers Leave a reply »


we found some ice cream that has never been open and it might have been in the freezer for some time. there a date on it that says May 22 03. i don’t know if that means that its bad or what.

32 comments

  1. Polish says:

    Yes, honey, you should stick to the expiry date indicated on its package and thus throw your ice cream into the garbage. Alternatively, you might want to give it to your boyfriend for him to spread it around your narrowest orifice so as to easen anal intercourse: you will definitely have to give up savouring a possibly delicious ice cream, but you will probably save your relationship…

  2. Bootsie says:

    If you take it out alot and have it out for like 10 mins it will get freezer burned

  3. paz says:

    yes it can

  4. richard says:

    Ice cream is KEPT in the freezer so it doenst go bad , Oh my lord how blond are you.

  5. dancer4life says:

    gross

  6. ?????? says:

    Throw it away, it’s no good. You could get food poisoning if you eat it.

  7. everythingspeachy2000 says:

    throw it out…it is not good. Probably freezer burn very badly. Just because it is in the freezer doesn’t mean it lasts forever.

  8. Wino says:

    I don’t think it goes bad as in rancid bad since it’s in the freezer, but it’s most likely freezer burned. I would just toss it. It’s probably frosted over.

  9. Nidhi says:

    Um. It expired in 2003?

    Then that’s definitely bad. LOL.

  10. Brandon says:

    LOL you’ve had ice cream in there since 03 and just now realized it?

    Holy balls.

  11. Way Side says:

    the only way to solve this mystery is to eat some! if you die… its probably bad. if not, then ice cream party!!!!!!!

  12. Eden says:

    Throw it away, just to be safe.

  13. lovetolove. says:

    its probably freezer burned. dont eat it.

  14. Caroline says:

    if it melts then u put it in the freezer it can

  15. Don says:

    Bad as in spoiled, no but bad as in taste, yes. If it’s in one of those circular containers you should put a plastic bag over the top and then put the lid back on. This will protect the flavor longer. Unfortunately they haven’t designed better packaging for ice cream

  16. Daad says:

    ice cream is the best food there is and there for can never go bad
    god himself eats icecream 24/7 and he still cant get eanough
    its the reason of life
    icecream is the best
    i sscream : ICECREAM!

  17. Collin says:

    if i was you i wouldn’t trust ice cream that old and just go out and buy some more if your in the mood for ice cream

  18. Katlady says:

    They didn’t stamp that date cuz it was the ice cream maker’s birthday. Ice cream can be got cheap, just toss it.

  19. {Zombiez like brainz} says:

    Ummm it’s like 6 years old.
    Bad, freezer burnt probably.
    Just buy some more ice cream!
    A tub from 6 years ago can’t be that good…
    Just throw it out.

  20. Alex says:

    I wouldnt eat ice cream if it expired 6 years ago….

  21. Tay Tay says:

    well look at the date it said it is good by thats ur anser!

  22. Finny Macgee says:

    So long as it has been continuously frozen, it will last forever. The only danger of eating things that have been in the freezer for a long time is that you don’t know if the freezer might have been switched off at some point (say, in a power cut) and the ice cream may have melted and then refrozen when it came back on. If you can be completely confident that this has not happened, and that it has remained continuously frozen throughout that time, then it’s perfectly safe.

  23. :D says:

    yea. if u take it out a lot and leave it ther

  24. Blizzard618 says:

    I really wouldn’t eat it. It can go bad, and there’s always a risk of food poisoning. The manufacturers put an expiration date on it for a reason.

  25. Xerei says:

    it might be sort of bad, but it wont be too bad.
    What causes rot on food etc is viruses and bacs, and they can only grow and work in hot places, like ur own body, and if its 2 cold 4 the viruses they simply stop working, just like the bears in the winter, they go 2 sleep and then they wake up when its warm…but still, i wouldnt eat that ice-cream

  26. Lisa D says:

    haha you have ice cream that long ago and u didn’t realize it lol

  27. Caitlin says:

    the date means it expired on May 22 2003. it would be like leaving a jug of milk in the fridge and then trying to drink it 6 years later. thats putrid.

  28. James says:

    Personally, i would not eat the ice cream. But if you are a hardcore ice cream eater, i say "sure go right ahead."

    i think that it will aright to eat, it’s just that it gonna taste really plain. how about you take a bite and let the rest of us know what it taste like…

  29. JellyBlue says:

    I suspect that if Ice Cream was to have an infinite shelf life then it wouldn’t have been stamped with a best before date.

    I suppose its a bit of an oddity the fact that you can keep things by freezing them but frozen things can go bad.

    In any case, probably best to throw it out rather than get an upset stomach or worse..

  30. ax_colleen says:

    Is the date really clear? or is it numbers, the date is not always in the mm/dd/yyyy format, it could be dd/mm/yyyy or in yyyy/dd/mm or etc..

    2003? it’s 2009, that must be rotten or impulsive when opened

    try to cover your face in mask if you haven’t opened it yet, if it looks disgusting, throw it away immediately, if the ice cream tastes bad (take some using 1/4 of the teaspoon) throw it away and the ice cream will never see your intestines again.

    If you even eat it, food poisoning will haunt you :)

  31. L . I . Z . Z . Y . says:

    ummm thats 6yrs old ice cream ….take it out have a brithday party for it turning 6 last may and throw it away

    you can serisouley die from eating that the milk has probably reacks and the egg is probably spoiled that was mixed in with the icecream

  32. Doodles says:

    you could open it see how it looks. if its frosted over dump it.

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