Eajs Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 First time user of coconut aminos. Just purchased yesterday. When I went to open bottle it almost popped due to foaming, which has settled down somewhat. Normally I would discard this but while looking for a substitute to use in recipe I am making, I saw that this product "ferments". Is this safe to use or would you considered spoiled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrstrudo Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Unsure, but I have a bottle in my fridge that I opened in June. Last time I opened it I saw mould floating on top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Tom Denham Posted August 1, 2012 Moderators Share Posted August 1, 2012 I have used coconut aminos that foamed up for months without a problem. My current bottle doesn't foam up, but an earlier one foamed a lot. I don't use coconut aminos every day, so can keep a bottle going for a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adagio Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 It's not mold, but yeast, because it is a fermented food. Unless it has an overpowering alcohol smell, it should be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura B Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 The bottle says it does not need refrigeration, but it will foam less if you keep in it in the fridge. That's where I put mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linda75 Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 I just called Coconut Secret to see if my long-stored-in-the-kitchen-cabinet unopened bottle of Coconut Aminos was still good. It was hard to read the sell-by date, so the customer service person asked me for the lot number so she could look it up. She said the sell-by date was actually 2/13/15 and that once opened I could use it for 6 to 12 months. It needs to be refrigerated after opening it (it says to refrigerate it on the bottle). I asked her about the "6 to 12 months - that is, how would I know if it was still good after 6 months and she said it should smell very much like soy sauce but a little sweeter and that if it smells like vinegar, it has gone bad. She also said that the white bits people were seeing were yeast from continued fermentation of the raw product and that the product was still good. But since the white bits were unappetizing and they got so many returns, they had to start pasteurizing it, which prevents it from continuing to ferment. The taste and the shelf life are the same. I don't know exactly when they started pasteurizing Coconut Aminos, but I googled it and found this explanation of the change here, under "Product Description": http://www.rawliving.eu/coconut-aminos-raw-237ml-coconut-secret.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Tom Denham Posted September 10, 2015 Moderators Share Posted September 10, 2015 Ooh. It is sad to learn that coconut aminos are being pasteurized and thus killing off the probiotics in them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Woman Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Yikes! I just looked in my pantry and saw that the bottle of coconut aminos has a patch of white "stuff" floating on top. I just bought it a little over two weeks ago and have only used it once ( wasn't that crazy about it as a topping on veggies in lieu of soy sauce). Should I have refrigerated it after opening? Do I need to throw it out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellmaestra Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 I do refrigerate mine after opening it. (It says to on the label.) I'd assume it might be mold? Stephanie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmcbn Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Here's a link to a previous discussion on it.... Google is your friend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Woman Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 35 minutes ago, Bellmaestra said: I do refrigerate mine after opening it. (It says to on the label.) I'd assume it might be mold? Stephanie Duh- wouldn't you think that by age 74 I would have learned to read the label on a new product? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellmaestra Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Well, that means having to put on the ol' reading glasses, which I can't always find! Stephanie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmcbn Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Ladies - I'm going to merge this with the thread I linked to - just to keep things tidy & 'current'...!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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