The shelf life of mooncakes is 15 to 90 days.

Packaged mooncakes on the market contain certain food additives and will last relatively longer, while homemade mooncakes have a shelf life of about 15 days. Mooncakes will be everyone's first choice of gifting food during the Mid-Autumn Festival, so pay attention to the shelf life, especially if they are not sealed and vacuum-packed.

Mooncake storage precautions:

Buy home mooncakes can not be placed in the refrigerator to save, because the main ingredient of the mooncake is starch, and starch if encountered in cold temperatures will be back to harden, which will lead to our mooncake crust hard to eat taste very dry, and in some cases there will be moldy conditions.

The correct preservation method is to put the mooncake into a clean plastic bag, mooncake will be placed at room temperature for preservation, preservation time will be longer, the taste will be more. Here we need to remind you can not be put together with other debris or other food, so as not to tamper with the flavor.