What is the storage temperature of yogurt?

Yogurt is a common food in our daily life. The nutritional value of yogurt is relatively rich. When you go to the supermarket, you will see that yogurt is refrigerated, but some supermarkets do not refrigerate it as required, and consumers do not have much knowledge about yogurt storage, so they have no way of knowing how to refrigerate yogurt so as not to destroy the nutrients in it. Let’s take a look together below.

Experts remind: Yogurt must be refrigerated

Can yogurt stored at room temperature still be drunk? Experts explain that storing yogurt at room temperature not only fails to preserve nutrients, but may also harm health. Experts remind that storing yogurt at room temperature will greatly shorten the shelf life of yogurt, so it must be refrigerated.

According to experts, yogurt helps digestion because it contains active lactic acid bacteria. The calcium and phosphorus in yogurt are also more easily absorbed by the human body, and drinking yogurt will not cause bloating, gas, or diarrhea. Therefore, yogurt needs to be refrigerated to control the activity of the lactic acid bacteria inside and keep it stable. The shelf life is about two to three weeks at a temperature between 2 and 6 degrees Celsius. However, if left at room temperature, the activity of lactic acid bacteria will be greatly enhanced due to the high temperature, and generally reach its peak within two or three days. At this time, the yogurt will taste abnormally sour, that is, it will taste very sour. After that, the acidity will gradually decrease, but at the same time the yogurt will quickly deteriorate, and the main visual feature is the "bloated bag".

Experts remind consumers not to drink swollen yogurt in bags, and not to eat yogurt stored at room temperature even if it has not spoiled, because at room temperature not only does the activity of lactic acid bacteria increase, but other bacteria will also multiply in large numbers, easily causing adverse reactions such as diarrhea in the consumer. Furthermore, when buying yogurt, be sure to choose refrigeration. The closer the purchase time is to the production date, the safer it is to drink. If you don't drink it immediately after buying it, be sure to store it in the refrigerator.