That takes the biscuit! Why this picture should put you off sweet treats for life: Every item is 19 YEARS OLD but look like the day they were bought - proof they're packed with chemicals

A shocking image shows a 'Yuck Box' full of delectable looking cookies, cakes and croissants - but each mould-free item has actually been there for almost two decades.


These foods - from the croissant which looks fresh from the bakery yet is strong enough to crack teeth, to the terrifyingly unchanged tub of margarine which has not seen the inside of a refrigerator since 1997 - are the bane of our modern lives. Insects and bacteria won't go near them, yet we humans can't get enough.