# How long after mixing is it safe to consume?
**URL:** https://discuss.huel.com/t/how-long-after-mixing-is-it-safe-to-consume/4582
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**Created:** [November 19, 2016, 3:18pm UTC](https://discuss.huel.com/t/how-long-after-mixing-is-it-safe-to-consume/4582 "2016-11-19T15:18:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Andrew\_Kennedy](https://discuss.huel.com/u/Andrew_Kennedy)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2016, 3:18pm UTC](https://discuss.huel.com/t/how-long-after-mixing-is-it-safe-to-consume/4582/1 "2016-11-19T15:18:32Z")
Been ill since Wednesday so only able to eat today.
Have got a whole days worth of huel mixed with water from Wednesday that I couldn’t eat.
Been in the fridge in a sealed, but not quite airtight, container.
I imagine the taste might not be the same, but safe to drink?
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### Author:  [@gen](https://discuss.huel.com/u/gen)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2016, 3:23pm UTC](https://discuss.huel.com/t/how-long-after-mixing-is-it-safe-to-consume/4582/2 "2016-11-19T15:23:00Z")
I would imagine the taste to be completely rancid. Please come back with an answer to that. Pretty sure this has been brought up before… yes.
> [@... and after 24hrs?](https://discuss.huel.com/t/and-after-24hrs/135/3):
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> As it happens, I’ve been running this experiment this weekend. I mixed up some Huel on Saturday morning and I had some yesterday and some more today (Monday morning). It had seperated a little, but a short shake rectified that. Taste-wise there was no change that I noticed. This means, that 48 hours is fine. In milk-protein based drinks - like whey protein - the protein denatures after 12-24 hours of being made up and is distgusting. This doesn’t happen so readily with plant-based proteins …
So the answer is probably that yeah, it’s safe, but no don’t drink it 😃
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### Author:  [@Jay](https://discuss.huel.com/u/Jay)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2016, 3:23pm UTC](https://discuss.huel.com/t/how-long-after-mixing-is-it-safe-to-consume/4582/3 "2016-11-19T15:23:57Z")
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24 hours if in the fridge is the official line. I’m guessing it doesn’t smell too good anyway.
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### Author:  [@Andrew\_Kennedy](https://discuss.huel.com/u/Andrew_Kennedy)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2016, 3:49pm UTC](https://discuss.huel.com/t/how-long-after-mixing-is-it-safe-to-consume/4582/4 "2016-11-19T15:49:47Z")
I will get a clothes peg out for my nose an get pouring down the sink 🙂
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### Author:  [@RDW](https://discuss.huel.com/u/RDW)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2016, 9:39am UTC](https://discuss.huel.com/t/how-long-after-mixing-is-it-safe-to-consume/4582/5 "2016-11-21T09:39:04Z")
My longest was about 60 hours, was OK though pretty tasteless. Out of a fridge about 8 hours is too long
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### Author:  [@theaardvark](https://discuss.huel.com/u/theaardvark)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2016, 3:40pm UTC](https://discuss.huel.com/t/how-long-after-mixing-is-it-safe-to-consume/4582/6 "2016-11-23T15:40:57Z")
I regular make mine up in the evening for the following day and leave them in the fridge. Yesterday I forgot to pick them up so this morning’s breakfast shake was made at about 6pm on Monday.
Out of a fridge they seem to last 12 hours or so easily.
The taste will start to go off before they go bad though. If you’ve left it to long it starts to taste like vinegar.
So pretty much like milk. Give it a taste. If it tastes OK, then you’re good to go.