By Peter High
The expert explains: That’s how long-cooked pasta can be stored in the refrigerator.
It has probably happened to you that you have cooked too much pasta. Actually, that’s a good thing, so you’ve already made provisions for the coming days. However, you should pay attention to how long pasta actually lasts in the refrigerator.
Are you hungry and still have pasta from a few days ago in the fridge? Before you eat, you should think twice about cooking the pasta.
Pasta doesn’t last as long in the fridge as you might think.
Pasta can only be kept for a few days.
If you store pasta in the fridge, for example, to be prepared for the coming days or because you have simply cooked too much, you should make sure that you eat the pasta within three to four days.
They cannot be kept for longer because the starch content makes them susceptible to bacteria.
As Professor Dirk Bockmühl explains in the magazine “Good Health” (Issue 4/2019), the spores of the bacteria are very resistant to heat, so that they cannot be killed even the second time they are warmed up.
According to the microbiologist at Rhein-Waal University, when you take the pasta out of the fridge, you should continually heat it to 70 degrees for at least two minutes.
It is also essential to ensure that the food is placed in the refrigerator immediately after it has cooled, so that the formation of bacteria is reduced.
Other starchy foods and their shelf life
Just like pasta, rice and potatoes also contain bacteria-friendly starch. That’s why cooked rice can be stored in the refrigerator for only two days and potatoes for a maximum of three days.
On the other hand, milk should be drunk after four days, advises the expert.
It has probably happened to you that you have cooked too much pasta. Actually, that’s a good thing, so you’ve already made provisions for the coming days. However, you should pay attention to how long pasta actually lasts in the refrigerator.
Are you hungry and still have pasta from a few days ago in the fridge? Before you eat, you should think twice about cooking the pasta.
Pasta doesn’t last as long in the fridge as you might think.
Pasta can only be kept for a few days.
If you store pasta in the fridge, for example, to be prepared for the coming days or because you have simply cooked too much, you should make sure that you eat the pasta within three to four days.
They cannot be kept for longer because the starch content makes them susceptible to bacteria.
As Professor Dirk Bockmühl explains in the magazine “Good Health” (Issue 4/2019), the spores of the bacteria are very resistant to heat, so that they cannot be killed even the second time they are warmed up.
According to the microbiologist at Rhein-Waal University, when you take the pasta out of the fridge, you should continually heat it to 70 degrees for at least two minutes.
It is also essential to ensure that the food is placed in the refrigerator immediately after it has cooled, so that the formation of bacteria is reduced.
Other starchy foods and their shelf life
Just like pasta, rice and potatoes also contain bacteria-friendly starch. That’s why cooked rice can be stored in the refrigerator for only two days and potatoes for a maximum of three days.
On the other hand, milk should be drunk after four days, advises the expert.
