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How can moon cakes be best preserved? How long is the shelf life of handmade moon cakes?

It's going to the Mid Autumn Festival, and moon cakes are the special food of the Mid Autumn Festival. Every year, moon cakes are indispensable in the Mid Autumn Festival. The Mid Autumn Festival without mooncakes is not a complete Festival. But the moon cakes at home are often just a sense of ceremony, usually can't finish. How to keep the moon cakes that can't be eaten? How long is the shelf life?

How long is the shelf life of moon cake

Generally speaking, the shelf life of unopened moon cakes is 20-90 days. The shelf life of moon cakes is mainly affected by the stuffing. Under the temperature of 25 ℃, the moon cakes with almond and hundred fruits stuffing can be stored for about 15 days; the moon cakes with bean paste, lotus seed paste and jujube paste stuffing can only be stored for 5-7 days, and the storage time should not exceed 10 days; If the temperature exceeds 30 ℃, the storage time of moon cakes should be shortened appropriately, generally not more than 7 days; as for fresh meat, shredded chicken, ham and other moon cakes, you should buy them and eat them.

How to keep moon cakes

1. Storage at room temperature

The ingredients of moon cake are more complex. The raw materials include pasta, rock sugar, walnut, sesame, and some also contain cream, fruits and vegetables. Moon cake has many flavors and various fillings, which determines that moon cake is a kind of food difficult to preserve. Therefore, moon cake should be kept in a low temperature, ventilated, cool, dry place, and need to be stored separately to avoid rapid corruption.

2. Isolation and preservation

In the preservation of moon cakes, we must prevent mice, cockroaches and other things from contacting moon cakes. After all, moon cakes are sweet food, which will definitely attract these creatures. All of them must be packaged well, and can't be stored too casually.