'Happened To Me But With Cheese:' Woman Finds Bread that Expired in January in Her Tesla’s Trunk. Why Does It Look Like That?

"Y’all, it’s August 10, 2025."

Photo by: ohthatsnina & Photo By Refrina

By: Stacy Fernandez

Aug 16, 2025 at 5:00pm ET

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A woman says she was shocked to find a loaf of bread still looking surprisingly fresh—despite being long past its expiration date.

The video has sparked concerns about food preservatives and what, exactly, we’re eating.

Why Does the Bread Look Like That?

In a video posted by actor Nina (@ohthatsnina), she shared the horrifying thing she found in her Tesla that’s left her questioning the quality of the food she buys.

Nina explains that she was cleaning out her trunk when she found a loaf of Old Tyme bread sitting in a bag in her car, seemingly forgotten while unloading a grocery haul she had made “a long time ago.”

“So the expiration date on this, y’all, is January 27th, 2025. Y’all, today is August 10, 2025.”

That’s more than six months expired. You’d probably think the bread would be an unrecognizable, moldy mess by now.

“Why is there not one side of mold on this bread? It expired January 27, 2025. Y’all, it’s August 10, 2025,” she emphasises again.

“This bread was in my trunk, in a freaking ShopRite bag, I forgot about it. No sight of mold. What the [expletive] are we eating?”

The loaf appears visually unchanged. While the bag is slightly wrinkled from storage, the bread inside looks soft and intact (even if a bit squished), with none of the discoloration or fuzzy spots typically associated with bad bread.

Why Didn’t the Bread Mold?

Bread typically has a short shelf life. Most loaves go stale or develop mold within a week or two of purchase, especially if not refrigerated or frozen.

According to the United States Department of Agriculture, mold growth on bread is caused by spores in the air, which thrive in moist environments. However, commercially produced bread often contains preservatives that slow this process.

Old Tyme is a bread brand sold at various grocery chains, including ShopRite, and is made by Schmidt Baking Company, a family-owned and operated business. Their breads contain cultured wheat flour, vinegar, and ascorbic acid, which are natural mold inhibitors.

Store-bought bread lasts much longer than homemade bread because it’s engineered to resist mold and staling from the inside out. Many commercial loaves contain natural mold inhibitors like cultured wheat flour and vinegar, which lower the bread’s pH to create an environment where mold struggles to grow, Tasting Table reports.

Some breads go further, using synthetic preservatives like calcium propionate or sorbic acid for even stronger protection.

On top of that, dough conditioners and enzymes help retain moisture, slow staling, and maintain a soft texture long after baking.

Beyond the recipe, industrial bread benefits from the Chorleywood Baking Process, which mixes dough at high speed for quicker fermentation, and from near-sterile factory environments that minimize initial mold contamination. Airtight packaging also seals in freshness and keeps spores out.

Combined with controlled temperature and humidity from bakery to shelf, these measures mean your supermarket loaf can stay soft and mold-free for over a week, while your fresh-baked bread is already going stale by day three.

Eternal Bread

People were still rather taken aback by the lengthy shelf life of that loaf of Old Tyme.

“Idk girl my bread gets moldy on the way home from the grocery store,” a top comment read.

“This happened to me, but with cheese I bought from Trader Joe's…. Accidentally put the bag with the cheese in it in the closet and forgot about it when I was cleaning out the closet recently there was NO visible mold anywhere,” one shared.

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“Go to the bakery part of the grocery store,” another recommended.

Motor1 reached out to Nina for comment via email and TikTok direct message and to Old Tyme via email.