Can mooncakes still be eaten after being stored for a year?

If mooncakes have been stored for a year, it is best not to eat them, because eating them at this time will cause great harm to your body. Mooncakes cannot be stored for that long and can only be kept for about a week. Mooncakes that exceed this time can only be thrown away. In addition, do not eat mooncakes that have become damp, as this means they have deteriorated.

Mooncake fillings are generally divided into two types: soft and hard. Soft fillings contain more water and can only be stored for about 7 to 10 days, while hard filling mooncakes can be stored for about 1 month. For boxed mooncakes, the lid should be opened to allow ventilation. In addition, because mooncakes contain a lot of fat, they should be stored away from light to prevent oxidation of the fat.

Mooncakes should be handled with care, especially Suzhou-style mooncakes, which are most likely to break due to their crispy skin. If the crust falls off, it will not only affect the appearance, but also the taste and quality, and it will easily become damp and deteriorate.

Mooncakes are rich in fat and sugar, and are very easy to mold and deteriorate when exposed to heat and moisture, so they must be stored in a low temperature, cool and ventilated place. Generally speaking, mooncakes have soft skin, high moisture content and are easy to spoil. It is best to put the mooncakes together with the packaging box in the refrigerator and take them out one hour before eating to ensure their taste. In a temperature environment of 25℃, mooncakes with fillings such as almonds, various fruits, etc. can be stored for about 15 days; mooncakes with fillings such as red bean paste, lotus paste, and jujube paste should not be stored for more than 10 days; if the temperature exceeds 30℃, the storage time of mooncakes should be appropriately shortened, generally not more than 7 days; as for mooncakes with fillings such as fresh meat, shredded chicken, and ham, they should be eaten as soon as they are bought.

When storing mooncakes, they should not be placed together with other foods or sundries to avoid odor contamination and loss of their proper taste and characteristics.

Excess mooncake disposal

As the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday comes to an end, many people still have a lot of leftover mooncakes at home, but it’s a pity to throw them away.

>Crystal Mooncake: Cake

In order to make cakes more beautiful, they are now decorated with biscuits, fruits and cream. Similarly, we can also cut the leftover crystal mooncakes into small pieces and spread them on the surface of the cake, which is absolutely pleasing to the eye.

>Date paste, red bean paste, lotus paste mooncakes: Eight Treasure Porridge

Mooncakes filled with red bean paste or date paste are cooked into a pot of porridge with whole grains. It is delicious and reduces the concentration of fat and sugar in the mooncakes, making it healthier.

>Five-nut mooncake: soy milk

Cut the five-nut mooncakes into small cubes and put them into a blender together with soybeans when making soy milk. This kind of mooncake soy milk does not need to add any extra sugar as it increases the sweetness of the soy milk, and the aroma of the nuts makes the soy milk taste even better. At the same time, the walnut kernels, melon seeds and other nut ingredients in the five-nut mooncakes have higher nutritional value when paired with soy milk.

>Fruit mooncake: salad

Cut apples, dragon fruit, pears and various fruit-flavored mooncakes into pieces, put them into a container together, pour yogurt on them and stir before eating. The taste is sweet, novel and unique.