Increase shelf life of marshmallows

Hello, I am not a food scientist so I'm looking for help as to why my marshmallows don't last a minimum of 3 months. a few factors: I live in Melbourne, Austra…

1. Ufuk Ayyıldız reply

   Hi, Products with high sugar concentrate have long shelf life, generally. But of course moisture content and also aw value of final product is very important. And secondly, packag…

2. Food R&D Emeritus reply

   Can you specify the overall nature of your spoiled mallows . Did you measure water activity ?

3. annamarshmallows reply

   thank you for this. can i ask what you mean by 'aw value'? the packaging i'm using is home compostable as it is plant based. I have written their statement below: With NatureFlex™…

4. annamarshmallows reply

   thanks for the time you've taken to read and follow up my enquiry. i really believe the storing temperature of the packaged items had a lot to do with the quality after time, as i…

5. Food R&D Emeritus reply

   Aw is a symbol for water activity..You can read about it in the web and its importance in confectionery products shelf life, specially marshmallows. it requires an instrument ever…

6. Food R&D Emeritus reply

   Freeze dried fruit have induced moisture migration.absorbing moisture from the base marshmallow making it crumbly textured. Cocoa had the same drying effect so there must be moist…

7. annamarshmallows reply

   thank you, i'll read up on these and have a think about what to do anna

8. Ogunleye Oluwadunsin Augustine reply

   Looking through your writeup, I can only detect two things that might be responsible for early spoilage. 1) 'aW' Which is water activity as @Roy have rightly said. When moisture i…