shelf life
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They are typically made with refined fats, oils, sugars, starches, salts, and other additives designed to improve flavor, texture, and shelf life, often while lowering nutritional quality.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
"We don't have the ability to stockpile blood super far in advance because blood does have a finite shelf life, it does expire," she said.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Still, 65 days is a blink of an eye compared to the shelf life of many core Smucker products—fruit spreads, canned coffee and dog food—which can last for at least a year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Original topical programming that does not have a shelf life is challenging to sustain on a streaming service.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
It hadn’t occurred to me that I could suddenly blink into nothingness like a crashed computer with not even two years used up on my shelf life.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
