If left out of the refrigerator for two hours or less yogurt can safely be put back in the refrigerator to eat at a later time.
Yogurt room temperature life.
So how long is yogurt good for.
Bacteria double or triple every hour at room temperature.
If the temperature is too cold the culture will not develop in the required time.
All that is required is an heirloom yogurt culture from the mesophilic class of yogurts.
It is cultured at room temperature 70 78 degrees f there is no need to heat the milk at all.
Yogurt must be stored in the refrigerator at 4 c or below.
Now if the temperature is above 90 degrees fahrenheit you can just blindly reduce the time by half i e.
Aka room temperature yogurt or mesophilic cultured yogurt here are my supplies to rehydrate the starter and culture a half cup of yogurt which can then be used to make the next batch.
When stored properly the shelf life of yogurt is seven to 14 days.
However this will shorten its overall shelf life.
1 2 cup whole milk.
This method works just as well with pasteurized milk however so you can make yogurt at room temperature which is very easy no matter what milk you use.
According to the u s.
The yogurt needs to be discarded after just one hour.
However if the temperature exceeds 90 f yogurt can sit outside the refrigerator for no longer than one hour.
How long yogurt can be unrefrigerated depends on the room temperature.
Storing longer than that allows molds yeast and slow growing bacteria to grow and spoil your yogurt.
You can make a delicious yogurt at room temperature.
According to the u s department of heath human services yogurt should be discarded after two hours of sitting out at room temperature between 41 f and 90 f.
For average room temperature above 40 degrees fahrenheit yogurt is best discarded if kept out for more than two hours.
If stored properly the shelf life of yogurt is as stated on the packaging.
So keeping the yogurt out of the refrigerator beyond this time is not recommended.
If it is placed in room temperature for too long bacteria can begin to grow.
More on that below.
Department of health human services yogurt can sit at room temperature for 2 hours.
Shelf life of different types of yogurt.
Making room temperature yogurt is easy and is also a great way to keep your raw milk raw when you make it into yogurt.
Any longer than that and you should throw it out.
No heating or maintaining a temperature.
This guideline also applies when it s taken out of the fridge for a snack.
The right temperature decides the texture and the thickness of the yogurt.
It is vital to know what temperature kills the yogurt culture.
Starter packet you use 1 2 tsp and reserve the other 1 2 tsp in case you kill your yogurt at some point.
If the temperature is too high the bacteria that are important to the yogurt will get damaged.