Wheat Germ: Bob's Red Mill Raw Product Storage
Bob's Red Mill raw wheat germ: refrigerate for freshness, do not eat raw and follow package toasting directions. See product boundaries and sources.
Quick answer
Why guidance varies
This guide covers separated edible wheat germ, with raw and commercially toasted forms belonging to one food. The selected guidance is for the named raw product; a toasted product needs its own label. Wheat bran, whole or refined flour, intact grain, wheat-germ oil and nonfood supplements are distinct. Added germ does not give a cereal, baked dish or other prepared food a keeping period. No generic opened, raw, home-toasted or freezer duration is established here; unknown freezing life does not mean freezing is prohibited.
Follow your product instructions; this guide does not provide an automatic expiry timer.
Frequently asked questions
Does this raw wheat germ need refrigeration before opening?
Bob's Red Mill advises refrigeration for raw wheat-germ freshness without limiting the instruction to opened packs. Its raw-use warning still applies: follow the package toasting directions before eating.
Sources for this answer
- A Bob's Red Mill US-facing - Wheat Germ — Raw wheat-germ identity, refrigeration for freshness and nutrition, explicit do-not-eat-raw warning and reference to package toasting directions; no elapsed time or home process selected.