S. Delapresaowens et al., SHELF-LIFE PREDICTION OF AN INFANT FORMULA USING AN ACCELERATED STABILITY TEST (RANCIMAT), Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 43(11), 1995, pp. 2879-2882
The purpose of this study was to predict the shelf life of an infant f
ormula using accelerated stability tests to save time. The stability o
f two infant formulas (a commercially available infant formula and the
same infant formula supplemented with microencapsulated fish oil) was
followed throughout 18 months of storage at room temperature and for
20 days stored at 60 degrees C by measuring the peroxide value. Stabil
ity was also measured using an accelerated stability test (Rancimat) a
t different temperatures (60, 80, 90, 100, 110, 120, or 130 degrees C)
. An equation has been derived by which shelf life can be predicted on
the basis of the results of accelerated stability tests and therefore
saving time.