18
ÒVital & frischÓ
0¡C compartment -
Interior Accessories
Drawer divider
¥ The top
drawer is equipped with a removable
divider.
¥ Depending on the individual need the divider can
be placed in different positions. Thereby various
food can be stored clear and separated. Storage
conditions are equal in both sections. It is not
possible by using the divider to split up the basket
in a dry and humid compartment.
¥ The design of the upper drawer permits you to
clean it, by removing the divider.
Hints
¥ Pay attention
to the freshness of the food,
especially on the expiry date. Quality and
freshness influence the storage time.
¥ Animal food always store packed and dry.
¥ Food rich in proteins will go bad quicker. This
means seafood will spoil before fish which in turn
will spoil before meat. While storing food in a 0¡C
compartment storage time for that kind of food can
be increased by up to three times as well without
loss on quality.
¥ All food stored in a 0¡C compartment should be
taken out of the drawers roughly 15-30 min before
consumption, particularly fruit and vegetables to be
consumed without any additional cooking process.
Allowing fruit and vegetables to return to room
temperature will improve the texture and flavour.
¥ The level of air humidity in the drawers depends on
the content of humidity in the stored food,
vegetable and fruit and on the frequency of door
opening.
¥ The ÒVital & frischÓ 0¡C compartment is also
suitable for slow thawing of food. In this case the
thawed food can be stored in the ÒVital & frischÓ
0¡C compartment for up to two days.
Not to be placed in the ÒVital & frischÓ 0¡C
compartment:
¥ cold sensitive fruit which have to be stored at cellar
or room temperature like pineapple, bananas,
grapefruit, melons, mango, papaya, oranges,
lemons, kiwi fruit.
¥ The types of food not mentioned above should be
stored in the refrigerator compartment (e.g. all
sorts of cheese, cold cuts, etc.).
Storage time in the
ÒVital & frischÓ 0¡C compartment for fresh food
Type of food
Air humidity adjustment
Storage time
Onion
ÒdryÓ
up to 5 months
Butter
ÒdryÓ
up to 1 month
Tomato sauce
ÒdryÓ
up to 4 days
Large pork cuts
ÒdryÓ
up to 10 days
Beef, venison, small pork cuts,
poultry
ÒdryÓ
up to 7 days
Fish, shellfish, cooked meat
products
ÒdryÓ
up to 3 days