According to a report by Lance D. Johnson of NaturalNews.com, properly stored hard wheat, white rice, dried beans, rolled oats, pasta, sugar, salt, honey, powdered milk, and dehydrated potato flakes can last 25 to 30 years or more when sealed in Mylar bags with oxygen absorbers and kept cool and dry. [1]
The report states that foods containing oils or fats, such as brown rice, whole wheat flour, nuts, and cooking oils, have significantly shorter shelf lives and are not suitable for long-term storage. [2] Oxygen, moisture, heat, and light are identified as the four primary enemies that degrade stored food, with temperature playing a critical role in shelf life reduction. [3] Peggy Layton, author of the Emergency Food Storage Survival Handbook, writes that “if you store your food in a garage, shed, or attic where the temperature fluctuates from very hot to very cold, you could be cutting down the shelf life of your food to half.” [3]
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