Compiled from various sites

Cantaloupe
7-10 days, refrigerated.

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

Baking Powder
18 or exp. date, if unopened. Generic: Keep dry and covered. Test effectiveness w/ 1 tsp. BP and ¼ cup tap warm tap water. If bubbles, then still active

Bouillon
24 months

Cereals
Ready to eat
6-12 months

To Be Cooked
6 months

Baking Cocoa
24 months

Chocolate (Hershey bar)
1 year from production date

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

Cornmeal
12 months

Cornstarch
18 months


Coffee, gourmet
Beans: 3 weeks in paper bag, longer in vacuum-seal bag (After this time, color or flavor may be affected, but product is still generally safe to consume.)
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 taste is affected.

Dried pasta
12 months

Flour
6-8 months

Jell-O
24 months

Grits
12 months

Frozen dinners
Unopened: 12 to 18 months

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

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

Molasses
12+ months

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

Honey
Forever, if sealed well.

And Finally, for Koz

Beer
Unopened: 4 months. (Like it would really sit there for 4 months )

Wow, didn't know unopened soda would go bad.

NOTE TO SELF: Throw out unopened cream soda that has been downstairs for three or more years.

Note to Kitty: Gently dispose of said can; it may be ready to blow.