It sounds similar to tins of coffee, milo etc - and I always thought that was because it starts to go 'stale'. Barb is probably right, marketing to make more money out of you!!
TBH when DS was on occasional comp feeds I would have used tins over monthly periods or longer without a second thought but like Barb said,its your judgment call to make!

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