ShelfSense
Predict any food's shelf life with real Arrhenius kinetics
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Most shelf-life dates are set by waiting 6-12 months or guessing. ShelfSense simulates spoilage with Arrhenius kinetics, water activity, pH limits and real packaging OTR/WVTR data - plus an ASLT planner. Free, no signup, runs entirely in your browser.
PH · launched Nov 5, 2026 · 1 upvote (top 65%) · 0 views
Niche: specialized calculation tools · 551 launches, 66 in the last 7 days ▼ -7% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Manufacturing
- Analytics & BI
- B2B
- Not AI
- Commercial product
- Open Source
- GitHub
- Food & Drink
- Science
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Could you build this?
Partial The UI and kinetic formulas are codeable, but credible shelf-life predictions depend on validated food-science models and curated packaging data that vibe coding can't supply.
What it would actually take: The math (Arrhenius equations, water activity, and pH limits) is implementable in JavaScript, and the interface is a standard calculator. The hard part is the data and validation: accurate parameters for each food matrix, packaging OTR and WVTR datasets, and accelerated shelf-life testing methodology. A credible version needs a food scientist to validate the models against lab results, since wrong dates carry safety risk.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 89 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #35 of 90 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 298 days after the earliest competitor.
- Food Storage & Shelf Life Guide · ph · 2026-10-27 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.60
- Shelflife · ph · 2026-09-27 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.53
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- DropPerch · ph · 2026-09-15 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.41
- Pantrinho — Pantry in your pocket · ph · 2026-10-19 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.40
- FreshOwl · ph · 2026-10-13 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.38
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