The shelf life time of mooncakes is usually around 20-90 days. Factors affecting the shelf life of mooncakes are mainly the fillings, like general fruit fillings mooncakes, the shelf life is usually about a month, and for the bean paste such as sugar fillings will have a longer shelf life. And different brands, different merchants in the production of moon cakes will have some differences in the shelf life, the shortest shelf life in about 20 days, the longest in about 90 days, of course, there are also a lot of moon cake packaging labeled 45 days or 60 days of shelf life.

The shelf life of homemade mooncakes is also very much related to the filling, which is generally divided into two types of soft and hard mooncakes. Soft fillings contain more moisture and can only be kept for about 7-10 days, while hard fillings can last up to 1 month if properly preserved. And we must pay attention to the preservation of homemade moon cakes can not be sealed, because the moon cakes contain a certain amount of oil and sugar, if once damp heat is very easy to mold or even cause deterioration, so it is best to be placed in a ventilated place of storage.