FLOUR:
Robin Hood or Flour with 547 or 548 Plant Code
Date code format: Year -Julian date– Plant. First locate the plant code and then the Julian date code. Or earlier refers to date code.
Flour with a “547” Plant code: 3-268-547 or earlier is Yoshon
All purpose Flour with a “548” plant code: 3-229-548 or earlier is Yoshon.
Cake and Pastry flour with a “548” plant code: 3-269-548 or earlier is Yoshon.
Flour with “640” Plant code
Date code format: Year -Julian date– Plant. First locate the plant code and then the Julian date code. Or earlier refers to date code.
3 256 640 or lower
Bakers Hood, Master Hand, Golden Temple or any Flour with a COR (323)
All Purpose and Bread flours: Plant code ‘SK’ date code 3-229 or earlier. Plant code ‘MT’ 3-268 or earlier.
Durum and Atta flours with COR (323) 3-318 or earlier
Five Roses or Flour with a “715” Plant Code
Date code format: Year -Julian date– Plant. First locate the plant code and then the Julian date code. Or earlier refers to date code.
3 338 715 or lower is yoshon.
Flour with (COR 285)
White Flour – Best before date Sept 12 2024 or earlier. Organic flour – Best before Sept 28 2024. For Whole wheat flour – best before dates are 3 months earlier.
Great Plains, P&H or any Flour with a “PH” in the Date Code
The first digit in the code is the year. The middle three digits is the Julian date code. The last two digits represent the plant code (02, 07, 08, 09). First locate the plant code and then the Julian date code.
Note: Or lower refers to the middle three digits only.
3 258 02 or lower is Yoshon.
3 236 07 or lower is Yoshon.
3 240 09 or lower is Yoshon
No Name Flour
If the best before date includes “PFM” use the same code as COR 285 flour. If it has “PH” use
the codes noted above for “PH”. If it has “AD” 2024 NO 26 or earlier. For their Whole Wheat flours – Best Before dates are 3 months earlier.
Rye flour and Spelt Flour:
Canadian and American crop is always considered Yoshon.
Soft Wheat (dafina wheat):
AgroFusion Soft Wheat Packaging date of September 20th 2023 or earlier.
Cedar Soft wheat: PD32109 or earlier is yoshon. (PDYDDMM)
Clic Soft Wheat Packaging date of Oct 2 2023 is yoshon.
Zina Soft Wheat MK (221): lot # 284/23 (DDD/YY) or earlier is yoshon.
Cite Cachere 4767 Van Horne: Sells yoshon soft week upon request. Verify codes to be certain.
BARS:
Nature Valley Granola bars :For plaNt code CO only. B”B 14SE2024 CO or earlier.
Made Good Bars: 0823 or earlier (MMYY. for ex. 0823 0723)
cupcake and pancake batter:
Duncan Hines: Brownie Cookie and Muffin Mix Best Before Mar 1st 2025 or earlier.
Other Mixes Sep 1st 2024 or earlier.
Pearl Milling pancake mix (COR 112): Yoshon
soup mixes and spices:
Pure Spice: All varieties of Spices that contain flour are expected to remain Yoshon this year.
Premier Ingredients: All varieties of Spices that contain flour are Yoshon.
Tradition Soup: Yoshon
Barley:
Adar Barley Always Yoshon.
AgroFusion Barley Packaging date of October 12th or earlier
Cedar Barley PD31409 or earlier is yoshon. (PDYDDMM)
Clic Barley: Packaging date of Oct 2 2023 is yoshon.
NuPak Barley: 32771D or lower.
Great Value Organic Barley: 32721D or lower.
Great Value Barley: 23275 or lower
PC Blue Menu Barley: 23275 or lower
PASTA:
Catelli (with an MK) – same codes as Grisspasta.
Ferenecz/Mama: All pasta products are Yoshon.
Grisspasta: Regular: BB Oct 12th 2026. Whole grain & specialty pasta BB Oct 12th 2025.
Italpasta and all pasta with COR136 – Best Before Oct 12th 2025 or earlier.
Pasta with a COR1 – Same codes as Italpasta
Primo and Unico COR78: B”B November 29th 2026 or earlier.
Ronzoni, Catelli & Lancia (all bearing COR 235 only) Regular Pasta only B”B Oct 21st 2026 or earlier. Whole Wheat, Smart, No Yolk and Bistro, B”B Oct 21st 2025 or earlier. Multigrain not included.
Couscous:
Zinda (regular only, not pearled) Code 02w285 or earlier (Disregard the first two digits. The letter represents the year. (v=2022 w=2023). 285 the day code).
Cedar (regular only, not pearled): PD31210 or lower (PDYDDMM).
AgroFusion Yoshon until packaging date of November 1st 2023.
Oats:
No Name Oats – Large Flake, One Minute, Quick – B”B 2024 Oct 29 or earlier. (Does not apply
to single serve packets)
Quaker Oats (COR 112): Packaging date of 10 03 P3 or earlier. (October 3 rd 2023)
Quaker Oats Costco Family pack (COR 112): Code is after BB date 1003 or earlier (MMDD = Oct 3 rd )
Robin Hood (COR 323): 3-344 or lower is Yoshon.
Ardent Mills Oats (COR 323): 3-344 or lower Yoshon.
Selection Oatmeal packs (MK705): Best Before Sept 26th 2024 or earlier is Yoshon.
Cereals:
Cheerios (General mills) – Best Before dECEMBER 7 2024 or earlier.
Fiber 1 (General mills) – Always Yoshon.
LIFE CEREAL (QUAKER – COR 112) – 09 20 P 3 OR EARLIER
Post Cereals (COR 114)
1)Shredded Wheat and Spoon Size Shredded Wheat – Original, honey toasted, Wheat & Bran – always Yoshon.
2)Shreddies Brand – Original, Honey, Maple flavors, Dark wheat squares and 100% bran are still Yoshon.
GREAT VALUE (COR 123) BRAN FLAKES – ARE STILL YOSHON
Kellogg Canada (COR 246)
All Bran, Raisin Bran, Bran Flakes, Corn Flakes, Honeynut Corn Flakes, Frosted Flakes,
Rice Krispies- Safe Date BB Nov 26 2024 or earlier.
Corn Pops – Yoshon (the oat flour is not a concern)
Presidents Choice (COR 1)
Fruity O’s – Best before Nov 10 2024 or earlier
Crunchy Cranberry almond. Best Before Sep 25 2024 or earlier.
PC Blue Menu (COR 1)
Fibre First, Bran Flakes and Fibre plus Bran Flakes, Crunchy Whole Grain Cereal –Still Yoshon
frozen proudcts:
Abes ice cream – All ice cream is Yoshon.
Adar – National Herring: All breaded fish is Yoshon.
Beteavone Brick Paper: Yoshon
Cedar Brick Paper (MK 562): Yoshon
Frozen Bridor Baguette: best before sept 18 2024 or earlier.
Frozen Tuscanini Products – Yoshon
Tofutti Cuties: 23244 or earlier. (23=2023 244= Julian date)
