The shelf life of unopened sesame oil at room temperature is generally about eighteen months, and up to two years in the refrigerator.

Sesame oil, like other edible oils, oxidizes and deteriorates easily when exposed to light, and the taste will deteriorate. Room temperature storage. Sesame oil stored at room temperature is good, should not be placed in the refrigerator, it is easy to produce crystallization, which will affect the consumption.

Correct preservation of sesame oil, although to a certain extent to extend the shelf life, but the best way to consume within the shelf life. If the amount of sesame oil used is small, it is recommended to buy small bottles so that it is not easily wasted and can also be used up within a better quality time.

Purchase of sesame oil notes

Because sesame oil is generally low temperature during processing, so the color of the oil is generally brownish red. If the processing temperature is too high, it will lead to a darker color of sesame oil, a dull purple-red, or even brown. High-quality sesame oil has a clean and pure flavor, and rich and mellow. And ordinary high-temperature pressed sesame oil has a strong burnt flavor.

Take a bottle of sesame oil and shake it vigorously for about 1 minute and then put the bottle in the right place, observe the upper surface of the oil, high quality sesame oil, such as small milled sesame oil will have a layer of bubbles on the surface of the foam, but disappeared immediately. And ordinary pressed sesame oil will have a lot of yellow foam on the surface, can not disappear for a long time.