Lard Shelf Life at Life

Lard Shelf Life. Put it away into a. Luckily for kitchen aficionados, lard has a relatively long shelf life by nature.

Lard can last a spectacularly long time if stored correctly and unopened. If you don’t expect to use it any time soon, throw it in the freezer. Lard retains quality for about six months at room temperature and a year in the fridge, no matter when you open it.

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This past january we canned about 90 pounds of pork and rendered 18 quarts of lard that we purchased from our friends and neighbors. Clean, home rendered lard will store 2 to 4 months at kitchen temperatures, and 12 to 18 months in the fridge or chilly root cellar temps. The authors state that the romanian regulations have set the limits for acceptability as pv of 10 meq/kg for edible fats and based on this, the estimated shelf life was 60 days of poultry fat, 90 days for lard, and 150 days for beef tallow during refrigerated storage. Lard has a tendency to absorb the flavors in the air, so i would suggest you store it in a jar with a lid or tightly wrap it.