YOSHON PREVIEW – 2024
September 12, 2024
Welcome to the first bits of Yoshon information for Canada for 2024.
This list in not complete, however, due to the time sensitive nature of the changeover dates detailed below, it is being issued now.
Please note: Anticipated changeover dates are at the factory level. In the current market, products may be in the retail market as early as 1-2 weeks after being manufactured. Check dates and don’t assume that the product on the shelves is yoshon because the manufacture only started chodosh two weeks earlier.
Robin Hood, Five Roses & any co-packed flours using the following plant codes
| Year | Date Code1 | Plant Code | Comments |
| 4 | 249 | 548 | All Purpose Flour. |
| 4 | 548 | Cake and Pastry Flour only. c/o mid Oct. | |
| 4 | 715 | Yoshon until the beginning of Nov. | |
| 4 | 251 | 640 |
1These numbers or lower are yoshon. Isolate the plant code from the full code that is printed on the bag and then find the year and date codes.
Flour – (COR 285) – White Flour – BB date Sept 6/25, Organic anticipated BBOct 1/25. Whole Wheat- BB dates are 3 months earlier.
Great Plains, P&H, Compliments (Metro) and any flour with a “PH” in the code – The lot # will start with a 4 (for 2024) then xxx for the date then xx for the plant i.e. 4 269 02. Use code 4 258 for plant 02, 4 250 for plant 09. At times, the “0” before the plant code may be missing, i.e. 4 236 07 = 4 236 7.
Ardent Mills, Robin Hood, Bakers Hood, Master Hand, Golden Temple or any flour with a COR323 – for plant ‘SK’- a date code of 4-249 or lower. For plant code ‘MT’ a date code of 4-227 or lower.
Durum semolina and Atta flour anticipated c/o mid Oct.
No Name Flour – If the best before date includes “PFM” use the same code as COR 285 flour. If it is “PH” use the codes noted above for “P&H”. If it is “AD” it will remain yoshon until mid Nov. Whole Wheat flour – Best Before dates are 4 months earlier.
PC Flour – All Purpose flour – if the BB date includes “PFM” it will remain yoshon. Organic Whole Wheat is still yoshon, anticipated c/o beginning of Oct.
Rodelle Flour (20kg bags) – is still yoshon, anticipated c/o Nov – must have a “P” in the code.
Robin Hood – Ardent Mills Oats – still yoshon, anticipated c/o mid Oct.
Quaker Oats (COR 112) – For any product that contains oats – Anticipated c/o date code 09 22 P 4 or earlier.
No Name Oats – Large Flake, One Minute, Quick – Best Before 2025 Sept 4 (this date does not apply to single serve packets).
Cheerios – are still yoshon. Anticipated c/o date code is Best Before Oct 6, 2025.
Nature Valley Granola Bars – BB Sept 21, 2025.
Weetabix – (regular and organic) – are still yoshon.
Alpen – still yoshon, anticipated c/o beginning of Oct.
Post Cereals – Shredded Wheat, Spoon Size Shredded Wheat – all types, Light Wheat Squares, Shreddies – all types, Dark Wheat Squares, Raisin Bran & 100% Bran are still yoshon.
Kellogg Canada (COR 246) All Bran, Raisin Bran, Bran Flakes, Corn Flakes, Honeynut Corn Flakes, Frosted Flakes, Rice Krispies and Corn Pops – are still yoshon.
Barley – PC Blue Menu Barley, Great Value Barley, and Clic – product in the store is still yoshon.
Primo & Unico COR 78 – will remain yoshon until the end of Oct.
Italpasta & all other pasta with a COR 136 – will remain yoshon until the beginning of Oct.
PC/No Name Pasta (COR 1) – use same codes as Italpasta.
Ronzoni (Catelli & Lancia) (COR 235) – will remain yoshon until mid Oct.
Grisspasta – will remain yoshon until the beginning of Oct.
Catelli (with an MK) – use same codes as Grisspasta.
Ferenez /Mama (MK) – will remain yoshon.
Lenchner’s – will remain yoshon.
Pita Bros. – will remain yoshon.
Made Good Granola Bars – product currently in the stores in yoshon. May switch beginning of Oct.