shelf-stable
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[edit]Adjective
[edit]shelf-stable (comparative more shelf-stable, superlative most shelf-stable)
- Of foods, storable for extended periods at room temperature.
- Antonym: perishable
- shelf-stable whipping cream
- 1985, National Research Council, Institute of Medicine, Committee on Food Protection, Subcommittee on Microbiological Criteria, An Evaluation of the Role of Microbiological Criteria for Foods and Food Ingredients, National Academies Press (→ISBN), page 43:
- It is necessary to distinguish between the shelf-life of two broad categories of foods, namely those that are shelf-stable and those that are perishable. For this discussion, shelf-life will be treated as it relates to microbial activity only.
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “shelf-stable”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.