Guidelines for Shelf Life Studies

 

 

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Shelf Life of Foods:

Overview and Challenges in Defining Shelf Life (5 min)

Factors Influencing Shelf Life of Foods (3 min)

Defining Food Quality for Shelf Life studies and food acceptability (5 min)

Guidelines for Shelf Life Studies (5 min)

Physical Spoilage of Foods during Storage and Distribution (7 min)

Chemical Spoilage of Foods during Storage and Distribution (7 min)

Microbial Spoilage of Foods during Storage and Distribution (7 min)

Zero order Reaction Kinetics (8 min)

Example of Zero order Reaction Kinetics to predict shelf life (5 min)

First order Reaction Kinetics (5 min)

Example of First order Reaction Kinetics to predict shelf life (5 min)

Caution in using reaction kinetics for shelf life predictions (6 min)



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