What´s the best natural preservative for making shelflife paste ?

In reply to Post #1
Potassium sorbate is the best product for preserving boilies/paste without actually changing the taste or profile of your bait.

Apart from that, good old salt.

In reply to Post #1
Salt or Sugar two of the best preservatives known to Man. Them two will probably prolong the life of paste if used in the right quantities. But due to high moisture content paste has it will eventually deteriorate.

In reply to Post #1
Hi mate,
Honey might be good.
When I make shelf life pastes I usually use mpg with a bit of pottasium sorbate. Not natural but non toxic and degradable.
But these days I usually freeze my paste.

Short term glycerin will do the job.

In reply to Post #5
I forgot about that 🤦‍♂️

In reply to Post #4
Hi Viking, Ken

My paste already has Manuka honey, bee pollen & veg glycerin, to name a few, plus hydros.
Looking at a short term shelflife of about 2weeks on the bank

Spot on, James Water based have all been removed

In reply to Post #8
Have you tried just vacuum packing it? Possibly after smearing it with glycerol.
With such low water content I would think mould would be the main enemy?

In reply to Post #8
Full belt and braces there, Des! Yum!!!

In reply to Post #10
Main enemy MOULD
Ken ... gotta tick every box, at least twice