# Drinking OLD Gatorade

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-old-gatorade/407383>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 9, 2007, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-old-gatorade/407383 "2007-06-09T18:06:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Shryn\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Shryn\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shryn_King)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-old-gatorade/407383/1 "2007-06-09T18:06:49Z")

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Would you drink gatorade if it was dated back in 12/06??

We have an opportunity to buy 24/ 24 oz bottles of Gatorade with the sports top for $12.

Is there anything in a gatorade that would go “bad”??

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**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-old-gatorade/407383/2 "2007-06-09T18:14:02Z")

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Does it have an expiration date on the containers? I’m sure it is still fine.

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**Author:** ![Shryn\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Shryn\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shryn_King)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-old-gatorade/407383/3 "2007-06-09T18:23:08Z")

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The expiration was actually dated 12/06.

My sister is drinking one now and it appears to be fine. She was just wanting to know before she bought several cases.

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**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-old-gatorade/407383/4 "2007-06-09T18:24:07Z")

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Hell, I’d drink Gatorade from 12/04. I don’t believe in expiration dates on that kind of thing. If it tastes weird, don’t drink it, otherwise it is probably fine.

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**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-old-gatorade/407383/5 "2007-06-09T18:30:14Z")

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Huh, I actually happen to have gatorade in my fridge right now, dated Dec 05 06.

I still plan to drink it someday. Let me know how that goes for you.

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**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-old-gatorade/407383/6 "2007-06-09T18:32:41Z")

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Hmmm…sugar, salt, water, and a few artificial flavorings. If it’s sealed, it’s almost certainly safe to drink. If it were an opened bottle, I’d toss it. But 12/06 isn’t even that long ago (by sugar water standards – I wouldn’t drink milk dated 12/06!)