Breakdown of Sista förbrukningsdagen är idag.
Questions & Answers about Sista förbrukningsdagen är idag.
It is a compound noun:
- förbrukning = consumption / use
- dag = day
- -en = the
So förbrukningsdagen literally means the consumption day or the use day, but in food-label language sista förbrukningsdagen is the standard idea of a use-by date.
So this is one of those cases where the natural English translation is not word-for-word.
Because Swedish usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun.
- dag = day
- dagen = the day
The same thing happens in compounds: the definite ending goes on the last part.
- förbrukningsdag = use-by day
- förbrukningsdagen = the use-by day
So the -en is doing the job that the does in English.