shelf-stable

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shelf-stable (comparative more shelf-stable, superlative most shelf-stable)

  1. 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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