How to pasteurise hummus? i would like to increase shelf life?

Question

How to pasteurise hummus? i would like to increase shelf life?

Answer 1

I'd be careful about doing anything like it on your own. The only shelf-stable hummus I've seen was packed in Tetrapak containers, which seal it in a sterile, completely air-free environment that prevent any contamination or irregular microbial or pathogenic growth.

However, there's no way you'd be set up at home to effectively produce and package hummus to make it shelf stable. Just refridgerate your hummus, and avoid adding any salt or preservatives into it - a chemical cocktail might make it hold on longer but it comes with nothing but detriment to your own health, and to the nutritional quality of the hummus.

Answer 2

I don't believe pasteurizing hummus would do any good. Part of what makes hummus go bad is the chemical reactions between the different ingredients, this would happen with our without pasteurizing.

Freezing would be your best bet. It may change the taste and texture a little but it will drastically slow down any chemical or bacterial breakdown.

Answer 3

you only pasteurize milk. its done by heating it to 63 °C for 30 minutes to kill bacteria. So I guess you could cook it if you wanted to, I don't know how much it would help increase the shelf life though.