How do shelf-stable beverages like cow’s milk and other similar (nut milk, muscle milk) items stay fresh so long at room temperature?

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If it’s due to preservatives, is it really such a good idea to drink them?

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Anonymous 0 Comments

They are ultra-pasteurized, cooked at high temperatures to kill off anything in them that could start to grow and spoil the product.

This causes a sort of “burned” flavor AMF potentially discoloration, but it makes them last longer on the shelf which is important for products with less demand or in countries where refrigeration is more rare.

Anonymous 0 Comments

Cow’s milk only stays fresh at room temp if it’s ultra-pasteurized and sealed. Open a container of shelf stable milk and leave in on the counter and it will most certainly go bad quickly.

Anonymous 0 Comments

Just to be clear, nut milk and muscle milk are not milk. So they’re not “similar items” because they have very little in common.

Nut milk is made by grinding nuts with added water. Muscle milk is a protein shake.