I've bought a product called "Top Shelf" that is kept in a cobberd and not a frig because its vacuum-sealed and 'saids' it has a 5 year life on the shelf. I think it's MRE knock-off to sell to sivees but they aren't bad. How they'd be 13 years later (god only knows how old they where when I ate them), but who knows. Christopher Merrill The Fuzzy one in the conner...