Sometimes you just have to throw stuff away. If nothing else, these foods just won’t taste that good if you keep them too long. So how about checking your cupboards and doing some spring cleaning?

Beer
Unopened: 4 months.

Brown sugar
Indefinite shelf life, stored in a moistureproof container in a cool, dry place.

Chocolate (Hershey bar)
1 year from production date.

Coffee, canned, ground
Unopened: 2 years
Opened: 1 month refrigerated.

Coffee, gourmet
Beans: 3 weeks in paper bag, longer in vacuum-seal bag
Ground: 1 week in sealed container.

Coffee, instant
Unopened: Up to 2 years
Opened: Up to 1 month

Diet soda (and soft drinks in plastic bottles)
Unopened: 3 months from “best by” date.
Opened: Doesn’t spoil, but will taste flat and bland.

Dried pasta
12 months.

Frozen dinners
Unopened: 12 to 18 months.

Frozen vegetables
Unopened: 18 to 24 months
Opened: 1 month.

Honey
Indefinite shelf life.

Juice, bottled (apple or cranberry)
Unopened: 8 months from production date
Opened: 7 to 10 days.

Ketchup
Unopened: 1 year (After this time, color or flavor may be affected, but product is still generally safe to consume.)
Opened or used: 4 to 6 months (After this time, color or flavor may be affected, but product is still generally safe to consume.)

Maple syrup, real or imitation
1 year.

Maraschino cherries
Unopened: 3 to 4 years
Opened: 2 weeks at room temperature; 6 months refrigerated .

Marshmallows
Unopened: 40 weeks
Opened: 3 months.

Mayonnaise
Unopened: Indefinitely
Opened: 2 to 3 months from “purchase by” date

Mustard
2 years (After this time, color or flavor may be affected, but product is still generally safe to consume.)

Olives, jarred (green with pimento)
Unopened: 3 years
Opened: 3 months.

Olive oil
2 years from manufacture date (After this time, color or flavor may be affected, but product is still generally safe to consume.)

Peanuts
Unopened: 1 to 2 years unless frozen or refrigerated
Opened: 1 to 2 weeks in airtight container.

Peanut butter, natural
9 months.

Peanut butter, processed
Unopened: 2 years
Opened: 6 months; refrigerate after 3 months.

Pickles
Unopened: 18 months
Opened: No conclusive data. Discard if slippery or excessively soft.

Protein bars (PowerBars)
Unopened: 10 to 12 months. Check “best by” date on the package.

Rice, white
2 years from date on box or date of purchase.

Salad dressing, bottled
Unopened: 12 months after “best by” date
Opened: 9 months refrigerated.

Soda, regular
Unopened: In cans or glass bottles, 9 months from “best by” date
Opened: Doesn’t spoil, but taste is affected.

Steak sauce
33 months.

Tabasco
5 years, stored in a cool, dry place.

Tea bags
Use within 2 years of opening the package.

Tuna, canned
Unopened: 1 year from purchase date
Opened: 3 to 4 days, not stored in can .

Soy sauce, bottled
Unopened: 2 years
Opened: 3 months.

Vinegar
42 months .

Wine (red, white)
Unopened: 3 years from vintage date; 20 to 100 years for fine wines
Opened: 1 week refrigerated and corked.

Worcestershire sauce
Unopened: 5 to 10 years
Opened: 2 years.