Cloudy store bought beef broth?

[Kevin]

Just curious what you guys think about this.

I had 2 different brands of beef broth and one of them was really cloudy. Makes the stew look like it has cream in it. I’ve never seen this before and makes me worried about food safety. Thoughts?

Give me a sec and I’ll post pics...

[Kevin]

Normal


Cloudy

[Kevin]

This is the stew. It just started cooking and normally would be basically transparent broth. It’s foaming up a bit too.

[Cajun Blake]

My go to

[IowaHunter]

Had you shaken up both the containers prior to pouring it out? They do settle in the packaging. Aside of that I think it’s two different recipes.

[Buckshot4900]

My go to

You cannot beat this broth, I buy it 6 at a time in four different flavors.


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[Riceguy]

My go to

That's what we use and it's great.

[ThisLadyHunts]

I love Better Than Bouillon, too. It’s the best on the market.

As to your questions regarding cloudy broth, it has been both my understanding as well as my experience that cooking a broth at high temps (I.e., boiling) is what causes the cloudiness. If your goal is a clear broth, cooking at low temps, and for a longer period of time, will yield this.

If your cloudy store-bought broth smells okay, is within the expiration date, and the package was not damaged, I would think you’d be okay. On the other hand, broth is not very expensive. If it disturbs your peace of mind, just toss it.

[eradicator]

No help, I usually make my own but that doesn't look great

[Strummer]

How did it smell ? Was it a can or a carton . I don’t like the cartons . No way to really tell if it has had a bad seal or not . When you open it it tears the seal .

[Man]

My go to

Is it the real deal or contains artificial beef flavor. Ive been looking for one that has no fake flavors.

[N.DaWoods]

Better than Bullion here too. Doubt there is anything wrong with yours but we switched over a couple years ago.

[BTLowry]

When in doubt, throw it out


Seriously, something that cheap I am not taking any chances on ruining or negatively impacting taste of whatever I am cooking

[Johnny Dangerr]

My go to

Ty..............

[Playa]

Kevin hasn’t posted since 3:48pm yesterday, we can only assume he threw caution to the wind rather than the stew and hasn’t left the commode since!