NEFF G434 Series, User Manual

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Freezer compartment
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Fully utilising the freezer
compartment volume
Learn how to store the maximum
amount of frozen food in the freezer
compartment.
1.
Remove all fittings. → Page 20
2.
Store food directly on the shelves
and on the floor of the freezer
compartment.
Tips for buying frozen food
Follow the tips when you are buying
frozen food.
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Check the packaging is not dam-
aged.
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Check the best-before date.
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The temperature in the supermar-
ket freezer must be –18 °C or
lower.
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Do not interrupt the deep-freeze
chain. If possible, transport frozen
food in a cool bag and quickly
place it in the freezer compart-
ment.
Tips for storing food in the
freezer compartment
Follow the tips if you are storing food
in the freezer compartment.
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To quickly and gently freeze larger
quantities of fresh food, place this
in the top frozen food container.
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Place the food over the whole area
of the compartments or the frozen
food containers.
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Do not bring food which is to be
frozen into contact with frozen
food.
If necessary, redistribute frozen
food in the freezer compartment.
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To ensure that the air can circulate
freely in the appliance, push the
frozen food containers in as far as
they will go.
Tips for freezing fresh food
Follow the tips when you freeze fresh
food.
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Freeze fresh and undamaged food
only.
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Cooked, roasted or baked food is
more suitable for consumption
than food that can be eaten raw.
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In order to retain the nutritional
value, flavour and colour, you
should prepare certain food for
freezing.
– Vegetables: Wash, chop up,
blanch.
– Fruit: Wash, pit and perhaps
peel, possibly add sugar or
ascorbic acid solution.
Additional information on how to do
this can be found in the relevant liter-
ature.
Food suitable for freezing
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Baked goods
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Fish and seafood
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Meat
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Poultry and game
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Vegetables, fruit and herbs
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Eggs without shells
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Dairy products, e.g. cheese, butter
and quark
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Ready meals and leftovers, e.g.
soups, stews, cooked meat and
fish, potato dishes, bakes and
desserts
Food that is unsuitable for freezing
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Types of vegetables that are usu-
ally eaten raw, e.g. lettuce or
radishes
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Unpeeled or hard-boiled eggs
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Grapes
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Whole apples, pears and peaches
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Yoghurt, soured milk, sour cream,
crème fraîche and mayonnaise