# How long will refrigerated cheesecake be good for? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 30, 2005, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-will-refrigerated-cheesecake-be-good-for/297014 "2005-03-30T23:21:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Unkempt\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b782af/32.png) [@The\_Unkempt\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Unkempt_One)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-will-refrigerated-cheesecake-be-good-for/297014/1 "2005-03-30T23:21:02Z")
I have a small chocolate marble cheesecake that I bought at a local grocery store some time in the last month. If I had to guess, I would say that it has got to be at least a month old. I ate about half of the cheesecake, and placed the rest in the fridge at work. It got pushed to the back, and I discovered it again today. It still looks fine, and there is no mold or any other visible signs of age on it. It has been stored in a clear plastic cheesecake container, which snaps at the front. The remains of the cheesecake smell fine, and a precursory tasting indicates that it still tastes fine. So, why has my cheesecake held up so well? Most foods that stay in the work fridge for more than a month end up moldy and stinky. Is cheesecake somehow able to survive for long periods of time if it is kept cold? Should I be afraid to eat the rest of my mini cheesecake? It still tastes good and I am rather hungry… ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-will-refrigerated-cheesecake-be-good-for/297014/2 "2005-03-30T23:47:13Z")
Cheesecake has never lasted that long in my fridge… Oh, it’s the work fridge. I wouldn’t eat it. If your co-workers or the cleaning crew haven’t stolen it already it is not edible. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Unkempt\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b782af/32.png) [@The\_Unkempt\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Unkempt_One)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-will-refrigerated-cheesecake-be-good-for/297014/3 "2005-03-31T00:47:58Z")
Well, I just ate the rest of the cheesecake. It wasn’t bad, however the crust was a little hard to scrape off the cardboard on which it was placed. At this point I am hoping that I have not made a foolish decision. ---
**Author:** ![dlack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@dlack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dlack)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-will-refrigerated-cheesecake-be-good-for/297014/4 "2005-04-01T18:58:38Z")
Rip? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-will-refrigerated-cheesecake-be-good-for/297014/5 "2005-04-01T19:11:38Z")
\*\*How long will refrigerated cheesecake be good for? \*\* In my house, it depends on whether or not the kids are home from school yet. You shouldn’t eat it. What’s that? Oh. Good luck!