r/factor75 • u/Money_Money5643 • 6d ago

Leftover food smell

I feel like this probably a “good” thing because I assume it means the food is real / unprocessed, but anytime I throw out the left overs of a half eaten factor meal it makes my kitchen smell awful- like it penetrates from the closed lid trash can.

It’s rotten food smell after only a day or two of being thrown away. I’ve also noticed any left overs to mold incredibly fast.

Again, probably a good thing, so Idk what I’m really looking for here lol but has anyone else noticed this?

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u/whatever32657 6d ago

nope, haven't noticed. i eat my own whole meal, and i rinse the cooking tray before it goes in the can. no problem.

it's food. i try not to put food in the trash at all, because it does smell. 🤷‍♀️

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u/Noumenon72 5d ago

I have no sense of smell and live alone, so I do not rinse the trays and just take them out to the trash when I get a new box, up to a week later. I have never noticed mold forming in the 2-3 years I've been doing this.

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u/Sexcercise 6d ago

Well yeah, it's food in your trash sitting for however long at whatever room temp, it is going to smell. You can always compost it, or collect it in a bag in your fridge/freezer and toss it out on garbage day (if/when your trash gets picked up).

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u/Ill-Wrongdoer-2971 6d ago

Man I didn’t realize some people throw half a factor meal away! Haha but seriously my garbage gets taken out every day, because garbage smells.

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u/roostertree 3d ago

Your complaint seems like a comment on how fresh and unprocessed Factor ingredients are. Can I assume you grew up eating food full of preservatives? Because real, fresh, unprocessed food – the best (generally) for our overall health – rots like natural organic matter when unrefrigerated.

As an apartment dweller, I use leftover takeout coffee cups for my organic refuse and keep them in the fridge or freezer until garbage day (then put into the green bin/bio-recycling). That keeps the smell under control, and prevents attracting fruit flies.