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Refrigerator compartment
The refrigerator compartment is the ideal storage
location for ready meals, cakes and pastries,
preserved food, condensed milk, hard cheese, fruit
and vegetables sensitive to cold as well as tropical
fruit.
Note when loading products
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Wrap or cover food before placing in
the appliance. This will retain the aroma, colour
and freshness of the food. In addition, flavours
will not be transferred between foods
and the plastic parts will not become discoloured.
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Allow warm food and drinks to cool down before
placing in the appliance.
Note
Avoid contact between food and rear panel.
Otherwise the air circulation will be impaired.
Food or packaging could freeze to the rear panel.
The “cool-fresh” compartment
The temperature in the cool-fresh compartment(see
appliance overview) is about 0 °C. The low
temperature and the optimum moisture provide ideal
storage conditions for fresh food.
Food can be kept fresh up to three times longer
in the “cool-fresh” compartment than in the normal
cooling zone – for even longer freshness, nutrient
retention and flavour.
Humidity container
The humidity container 10 is covered with a special
filter which optimises retention of the air humidity
in the storage compartment. As a result, there is up
to 95% air humidity in the humidity container,
depending on the amount of products put in. This
storage climate offers ideal conditions for fresh fruit,
salad greens, vegetables, herbs and mushrooms.
Foods suitable for “cool-fresh”
container:
In the “cool-fresh” container 8:
Fish, seafood, meat, sausage, dairy products, ready
meals.
In the humidity container 10:
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Vegetables (e.g. carrots, asparagus, celery, leeks,
beetroot, mushrooms, brassicas such as broccoli,
cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, kohlrabi)
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Salad greens (e.g. lamb’s lettuce, iceberg lettuce,
chicory, lettuce)
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Herbs (e.g. dill, parsley, chives, basil)
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Fruit (types insensitive to cold, e.g. apples,
peaches, berries, grapes)
Foods not suitable for the “cool-
fresh” drawer:
Fruit and vegetables sensitive to cold (e.g.: tropical
fruit such as pineapples, bananas, papaya, citrus
fruits, melons as well as tomatoes, aubergines,
zucchini, capsicums, cucumbers, potatoes).
The ideal storage location for these foods is
the refrigerator compartment.
When purchasing food, please note:
The “purchase freshness” is important for the shelf-
life of your food.
In principle, the fresher the produce when placed in
the “cool-fresh” compartment, the longer it stays
fresh.
Therefore, when buying food, always pay attention to
the degree of freshness.
Observe the best-before date specified by the
manufacturer for ready products and bottled products.
Storage times (at 0 °C)
Depending on the initial quality
Fresh fish, seafood
up to 3 days
Poultry, meat (boiled/fried)
up to 5 days
Beef, pork, lamb, sausage (cold
meat)
up to 7 days
Smoked fish, broccoli
up to 14 days
Salad greens, fennel, apricots,
plums
up to 21 days
Soft cheese, yoghurt, quark,
buttermilk, cauliflower
up to 30 days
