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Shelf life of frozen food
Storage duration depends on the type of food.
At a temperature of -18 °C:
▯
Fish, sausage, ready meals and cakes
and pastries:
up to 6 months
▯
Cheese, poultr y and meat :
up to 8 months
▯
Vegetables and fruit :
up to 12 months
Fast freezing
Food should be frozen solid as quickly as possible in
order to retain vitamins, nutritional value, appearance
and flavour.
To prevent an undesirable temperature rise when
placing fresh food in the freezer compartment, switch
on fast freezing several hours beforehand. As a rule,
4–6 hours is adequate. 24 hours are necessary when
using the maximum freezer capacity fully.
After 2 days the temperature set before fast freezing
is automatically restored.
Switching on
Press fast freezing button
³
.
The display panel indicates the symbol
SUPER
¾
and
the compar tment for which the function was switched
on.
Switching off
Press fast freezing button
³
.
Thawing frozen food
Depending on the type and application, select one
of the following options:
▯
at room temperature
▯
in the refrigerator
▯
in an electric oven, with/without fan assisted hot-
air
▯
in the microwave
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Caution
Do not refreeze thawing or thawed food. Only ready
meals (boiled or fried) may be refrozen.
No longer store the frozen produce for the max.
storage period.
