
Shelf Life Testing (Real Time)
When developing a formula with us, we are able to offer you an immediate shelf life of between 1 and 12 months from a safety perspective as a result of the internal tests we perform, such as our water activity level test, and our in-depth, QA document-controlled ingredient knowledge. This means that we can guarantee that your product will be safe for consumers to eat for a period of 1-12 months. Please ask our food science team for the exact measure that we are able to offer you. That being said, it is not possible to know how time will impact the organoleptic features of your custom-developed product (ie; taste, texture, etc) without doing formal lab-based shelf life testing. YouBar always recommends doing a formal shelf-life study on all products. However, because we know the importance of speed to market for our clients, we allow them to opt out of formal shelf-life studies if they would like. That being said, it is important to know that we cannot know in advance how your product