Food shelf life: how to set an expiry date you can defend
An expiry date must come from data: Thai date-labelling rules, designing a food stability study, limits of accelerated tests, and setting a shelf life.
RTD Beverage Business
RTD Beverage Business: สูตรเครื่องดื่มบรรจุขวดพร้อมขาย · Mixed
RoomKitchen Lab
Max participants10 people
Duration1 day · 6 hrs
Suitable for: SMEs that want to sell bottled drinks through convenience stores or modern trade
Problems solved: swollen bottles, drinks that spoil quickly, unappealing sediment at the bottom
What you'll learn and do
- Thermal Processing: pasteurization vs sterilization, explained simply
- Stabilization: controlling pH and using suspending agents (pectin / CMC) to prevent sedimentation
- Hot Fill Workshop: preparing a fruit / herbal drink, measuring Brix and pH, and running a real heat treatment
What you leave with
- Heat-treated sample bottles that keep longer
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After the course
→ If you want to take this work further after the course, the TIBD team can do it with you. Learners can ask them to get in touch from their account after class.
Non-degree / Credit bank
Hours from this course count toward: Non-degree: Food & Health Innovation (draft) · 6 hrs How it works →
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