How are canned goods able to stay good for so long?

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Just made myself a canned clam chowder, and really confused on why they’re able to stay good for so long.

I used to manage restaurants and it’s always confused me how my canned clams and clam juice, etc is fine sitting on a shelf for 6 months.

They’re not dehydrated, the can says to not add water. Ahh, please help lol

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The can is sealed (so no new air or cooties can get in), then it is heated up to kill anything inside that could make it go bad. So nothing inside can grow and nothing new can get in there to grow.

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