Page 2 of 2
Re: Why do Travellunch freeze dried items have such short shelf life?
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 5:13 am
by housil
Teddydogno1 wrote: Sat Sep 01, 2018 11:47 am
That looks like a great item, housil. Did you open that recently to sample, or are those older pics?
It was taken 2016, when that FD was 11 years "old":
Bundeswehr ones didn´t have a best by date, just a production date as all military ones.
I don´t mind age of FD rations due to my own experience, MH grantees shelf live of 30 years for theirs.
Re: Why do Travellunch freeze dried items have such short shelf life?
Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2018 8:40 pm
by DonJa
carlosflar wrote: Fri Aug 31, 2018 5:25 pm
I think that those meals are high quality, and many have dairy, but probably they last longer than 2 years
A lot of it has to do with what's been verified through testing. Not every company sees value in accelerated shelf life testing. U.S. firms doing this are able to claim a shelf life (conservatively, usually) of 5 years. Powdered milk lasts at least this long, even at higher storage temperatures.