shelf-stable

English

Adjective

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

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.

See also

shelf life

Further reading

“shelf-stable” (US) / “shelf-stable” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.

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