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Safe and sound: Shelf stability in product development

Ingredient formulations and advice on processing parameters for food safety and extended shelflife

By Malcolm Lowe
May 30, 2014

Well, I've begun running again. I don't mean to throw that in the face of anyone who wants to exercise but for whatever reason doesn't, and feels a puncture of guilt and disapproval each time he hears of someone successfully putting a body in motion. I've struggled to get myself going just like anyone else. I mention my feat, because I feel a selfish need to celebrate one of the few moments where I sense that I am on the right path. Right, wrong, who knows? It just feels like I'm engaged at the right time, at the right place. I, perhaps we, don't experience that state often.

It's an odd thing, expending energy to gain energy. Feel pain to feel joy. Why is that? Can anyone explain? The give and take phenomenon? It is supremely strange.

At any rate, as I strive to keep my body stable, I suppose we should take the time to discuss shelf stability. Well, why discuss it? You know the ins and outs. Below are some further thoughts from your peers. Get to it! Stay strong!

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Malcolm Lowe is a contributor to the Prepared Foods Network.

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