Abstract:This research aimed to understand the changing trend of the long-term storage quality of Suli pear paste, and determine its suitable storage period. In this research, the effects of storage period on the quality of the paste were evaluated and analyzed through measuring the total number of colonies, color difference value, pH value, total sugar, amino acid nitrogen, total phenolic content, and other appearance color, nutritional quality indexes and volatile components of the paste, and principal component analysis and correlation analysis were performed on the indexes of the paste stored for different periods. The results showed that the total number of colonies of Suli pear paste after being stored for different storage periods were 37.0~67.0 CFU/mL, which all complied with the food safety microbial limited standard. The Suli pear paste system after 32 months of storage was relatively stable, with the values of precipitation rate, clarity, stability and cloudiness value were 2.29%, 18%, 0.87% and 1.62, respectively. After 24 months of storage, the quality of Suli pear paste remained good, with the contents of total phenolics (2 060.68 mg/L), total flavonoids (754.33 mg/L) and soluble protein (67.19 mg/L) increased significantly (P<0.05). The DPPH clearance rate (91.62%) and amino acid nitrogen (124.93 mg/L) were insignificantly different from those stored for 10 months (P>0.05); The pH value (4.71) and total sugar (75.36%) were insignificantly different from those stored for 2 months (P>0.05). With the extension of storage period, the number of different types of volatile components in the paste increased, and within 24 months of storage, the irritating volatile substances were not the characteristic substances. Comprehensive analysis showed that the pear paste could maintain better quality over a 24-month storage, thus, a storage period of 24 months is appropriate for Suli pear paste.