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Freezing fresh food
Freeze fresh and undamaged food only. To retain the best possible nutritional value, flavour
and colour, vegetables should be blanched before freezing.
Aubergines, peppers, zucchini and asparagus do not require blanching.
Note: Keep food to be frozen away from food which is already frozen.
· The following foods are suitable for freezing: Cakes and pastries, fish and seafood, meat,
game, poultry, vegetables, fruit, herbs, eggs without shells, dairy products such as cheese
and butter, ready meals and leftovers such as soups, stews, cooked meat and fish, potato
dishes, soufflés and desserts.
· The following foods are not suitable for freezing:Types of vegetables, which are usually
consumed raw, such as lettuce or radishes, eggs in shells, grapes, whole apples, pears and
peaches, hard-boiled eggs, yoghurt, soured milk, sour cream, and mayonnaise.
Packing frozen food
To prevent food from losing its flavour or drying out, place food in airtight packaging.
1. Place food in packaging.
2. Remove air.
3. Seal the wrapping.
4. Label packaging with contents and dates of freezing.
Suitable packaging: Plastic film, tubular film made of polyethylene, aluminium foil, freezer
containers.
Recommended storage times of frozen food in the freezer
These times vary depending on the type of food. The food that you freeze can be preserved
from 1 to 12 months (minimum at -18°C).
Food
Storage time
Bacon, casseroles, milk
1 month
Bread, ice cream, sausages, pies, prepared shellfish, oily fish
2 months
Non-oily fish, shellfish, pizza, scones and muffins
3 months
Ham, cakes, biscuits, beef and lamb chops, poultry pieces
4 months
Butter, vegetables (blanched), eggs whole and yolks, cooked crayfish,
minced meat (raw), pork (raw)
6 months
Fruit (dry or in syrup), egg whites, beef (raw), whole chicken, lamb
(raw), fruit cakes
12 months
Never forget:
· When you freeze fresh foods whit a ‘use by /best before/best by/’ date, you must freeze
them before the expiry of this date.
· Check that the food was not already frozen. Indeed, frozen food that has thawed
completely must not be refrozen.
· Once defrosted, food should be consumed quickly.
