Ambient foods

found: Work cat.: Emmett, S.E. Ambient foods in the UK, 1990:p. 1 (ambient food products, i.e. prepared foods that do not require storage at reduced temperatures. Until recently this has meant essentially canned foods but now includes new shelf-stable products in some sectors of the market)

found: OED online, Jan. 23, 2007(Draft additions March 2002. ambient, a. and n. adj. Designating or relating to goods, esp. foods, that are stored at unregulated ambient temperatures (usually room temperature), as opposed to being frozen or otherwise stored in a temperature-controlled environment. This term is most frequently applied to foods that are heat-treated, aseptically packaged, or canned to give them a long shelf-life, and to some other products with a relatively short shelf-life, such as baked goods)