Freezing and storing food (depending on model)
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Home freezing
Only freeze fresh food which is in a
good condition.
Approx. 24 hours before placing fresh
food in the freezer
Turn the On/Off and temperature se-
lector to a medium setting (ap-
prox. 6).
If the ambient room temperature is
above 18 °C, do not activate the
winter setting.
Activate the winter setting (see
“Winter setting”).
This helps the frozen food which is
already stored in the freezer to stay
frozen.
Placing food in the freezer
Unfrozen food should not touch
frozen food as this will cause frozen
food to begin to thaw.
Make sure that the packaging and
containers are dry to prevent them
sticking together when frozen.
Place the food flat in the bottom of
the freezer compartment so that it
freezes through to the core as quickly
as possible.
The freezing process is complete
ap-
prox. 24 hours after placing food in
the freezer
.
Turn the temperature selector back to
the normal setting.
Storage time for frozen food
The storage life of food is very variable,
even at a constant temperature of
-18 °C. Decomposition processes also
take place in frozen food, albeit at a
very reduced speed. For example, fat
can become rancid from contact with
oxygen in the air. This is why lean meat
can be stored approx. twice as long as
fatty meat.
The storage times quoted are guide val-
ues for the storage life of different food
groups in the freezer zone.
Food group
Storage
time
(Months)
Ice cream
2 to 6
Bread, baked goods
2 to 6
Cheese
2 to 4
Fish, oily
1 to 2
Fish, lean
1 to 5
Sausage, ham
1 to 3
Game, pork
1 to 12
Poultry, beef
2 to 10
Vegetables, fruit
6 to 18
Herbs
6 to 10
For standard freezing results, follow the
advice on packaging.
