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khannie@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

All of the answers here are missing something: pasta has a very small amount of fat in it. Eventually that fat goes rancid.

You can significantly extend shelf life of things like pasta and rice by storing them in inert gases but that’s not done generally.

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Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
In dry stuff it’s generally the fat going rancid.

Though I’ve used 5 year old pasta and it was fine. The fat may have been rancid, but I suspect between boiling and immersion in sauce you just wouldn’t taste it.

(Also, rancid fat isn’t necessarily harmful).

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- Apytele@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Yeah most fish oil supplement capsules have gone rancid by the time they make it to the consumer iirc
  
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  - melsaskca@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Mmmm…rancid fish vitamins.
    
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- some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  How much fat does pasta typically contain?
  
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  - BradleyUffner@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    This is from the package of spaghetti on my counter.
    
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    asnaf@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    That’s not made from durum wheat and water, though, which most dry pasta is.
    
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