Canned & Ready Meals
Tinned Chicken Luncheon Meat: The Advantage of Shelf Life
How sterilisation works, storing without a cold chain, the difference in texture, labels, uses, emergency stocks and storage.
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- Smoked Meats & Delicatessen
Storing Mortadella: How Many Days After Opening?
The emulsion, water activity, times for whole and sliced, signs of separation, containers, fridge position, freezing and using leftovers.
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- Food Safety & Cold Chain
Use By Versus Best Before: What Separates Them
The legal definitions, which products use which, how dates are set, what to do after the date, the scale of waste and the role of storage.
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- Turkish Desserts & Baklava
Home-Style Baklava Versus Dry Baklava
Defining the two, syrup levels, pastry count and thickness, butter, moisture, shelf life, resistance to transport and which to choose when.
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- Smoked Meats & Delicatessen
Why Sliced Salami Spoils Faster and How to Store It
Surface area, oxidation and microbial growth, the role of vacuum, fridge temperature zones, containers, signs of spoilage and portioning.
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- Canned & Ready Meals
Shelf Life and Storage of Canned Products
Deterioration routes after sterilisation, temperature, metal interaction in acidic products, storage, date types, can inspection and stock rotation.
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- Food Safety & Cold Chain
What Is Vacuum Packaging and How Does It Extend Shelf Life?
How vacuum works, halting oxidation, which microorganisms it stops, its relation to the cold chain, gains by product group and its limits.
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- Food Safety & Cold Chain
What Is the Cold Chain, and What Happens If It Breaks?
The links of the cold chain, the time-temperature relationship, cumulative effects, differences between frozen and chilled, and detecting breaks.
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- Turkish Desserts & Baklava
Storing Baklava: Fridge or Room Temperature?
Two separate deterioration mechanisms in a fridge, room temperature rules, container choice, times by product, freezing and refreshing.
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