A strange recent donation to the Cardiff Food Bank in South Wales has been receiving rather a lot of attention, due its record-breaking age.
Workers at the food bank tweeted a photo of the tin of Heinz Kidney Soup, which was donated along with a can of sweetcorn, and a tin of whole baby carrots.
Heinz responded to the tweet, confirming that the rusted tin "should be in a museum" - because that particular soup was discontinued in 1982.
The tin has a price sticker on the top which reads '10d', which means that the soup was purchased before decimalisation - so, before 1971.
This makes the tin of soup more than 46 years old. The accompanying tin of sweetcorn says on the wrapper that it was tinned in 1982.
Some urged the food bank to auction off the retro soup can for charity:
The food bank even asked Heinz, curious as to whether the relic was worth any money:
Others were less enthused by the aged donation (or by the idea of kidney soup in general):
Food banks began sharing their own experiences of receiving extremely old food:
Finally, the charity used the opportunity to remind people that when you're donating food, always check that what you are giving is within the use-by date.
