General Mills

Shelf Life Studies

The deterioration of food products is an ongoing process that often begins before they are packaged. Factors such as storage temperature, humidity, packaging and product composition all play a key role in how long your product can be stored before it becomes unpleasant or even unsafe. Understanding the true shelf life of your product ensures both quality and safety of your goods - as well as reducing your unsaleables.

Why Trust the Minds of Medallion?

Medallion will work with you to establish the study parameters, enter your samples into storage conditions, pull your samples at the designated times, and test your product to determine the shelf life. After the data is gathered, our senior scientists will review it and generate a Technical Summary which explains your products ideal shelf life as well as a practical shelf life.

Testing Options at Medallion Labs

Sensory Testing: Rancidity Testing: Physical Testing:
Aroma Hexanal DSC
Appearance Free Fatty Acids Texture Analyzer
Texture Peroxide Value Hunter Color
Flavor Nutrient Degradation: Microbiology:
Handling Vitamins Aerobic Pate Count
Moisture Minerals Yeast/Mold
Additional testing available Fatty Acids  
 

Storage Conditions at Medallion Labs

Medallion’s Storage Conditions include:   (*Ratio of Stored vs. Aged for shelf stable, dry goods)
Temp °F Temp °C Relative Humidity Acceleration*
131°55.0°ambient1:12
113°45.0°ambient 
100°37.8°20%1:4
90°32.2°75%1:2.5
90°32.2°ambient1:2.5
85°29.4°ambient1:2
70-90°21-32°65%++1:2
73°23°50% 
70°21.1°38%1:1
50°10.0°ambient 
40°4.4°ambient 
20°-6.7°ambient 
10°-12.2°ambient 
-17.8°ambient 
-10°-23.3°ambient 
-20°-28.9°ambient 
-40°-40.0°ambient 
 
++This condition is intended to simulate a Summer Warehouse environment.
 
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