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A new method for accelerated shelf-life prediction for frozen foods.

Author(s) : REID D. S., KOTTE K., KILMARTIN P.

Summary

Shelf life estimation for frozen foods can be a long process, because of the long duration of shelf life at the lower temperatures of storage. A variety of rapid procedures have been proposed to suggest whether products will have acceptable shelf life at low storage temperatures. These all have limitations. In the paper a new procedure is proposed which involves direct determination of shelf life at the more elevated frozen storage temperatures, where change is more rapid. This is coupled with utilization of information on the mobility temperature to establish a low temperature storage datum. This procedure requires around 60 days, while effectively estimating the storage temperatures required to achieve target shelf lives of 1 year, 18 months, two years or even longer.

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  • Original title: A new method for accelerated shelf-life prediction for frozen foods.
  • Record ID : 2000-1425
  • Languages: English
  • Source: 20th International Congress of Refrigeration: Refrigeration into the Third Millennium.
  • Publication date: 1999/09/19

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