FREEZING FOOD
Preparing fresh food for freezing
• Wrap and seal fresh food in: aluminium foil, cling film, air and water-tight plastic bags, polyethylene containers with
lids, provided they are suitable for freezing foods.
• Food must be fresh, mature and prime quality.
• Fresh vegetables and fruit should preferably be frozen as soon as they are picked to maintain the full original
nutritional value, consistency, colour and flavour.
Freezing fresh food
• Place foods to be frozen in direct contact with the walls of the appliance:
A) - food to be frozen,
B) - food already frozen.
• Avoid placing foods to be frozen in direct contact with food already frozen.
• For better and faster freezing, foods should be split into small portions; this will also be useful when the frozen items
are to be used.
1. At least 24 hours before storing fresh food in the appliance, activate fast freezing (“Shopping”) by repeatedly
pressing button (
4
) until both green indicator lights (
3
) flash.
2. Place the food to be frozen inside the appliance and keep the lid closed for 24 hours. Food will be fully frozen after
this period of time.
The fast freezing function (“Shopping”) can be deactivated by pressing button (
4
) and selecting a different
temperature setting.
If the function is not deactivated manually, the appliance automatically deactivates the function after 50 hours,
restoring the last setting selected (which was active for at least 1 minute) before the “Shopping” setting was selected.
FOOD STORAGE
Refer to the table on the appliance.
Classification of frozen foods
Load and classify the frozen foods; it is advisable to indicate the storage date on the packs, to ensure consumption
before the expiry dates listed in months in Fig. 6 for each type of food.
Advice for storing frozen food
When buying frozen food, make sure that:
• The packaging is intact (food in damaged containers may have deteriorated). If a package is swollen or has damp
patches, the product may not have been stored in optimum conditions and therefore undergone partial defrosting.
• When shopping, leave frozen food purchases until last and carry them in a thermally insulated bag.
• On arriving home, immediately place the frozen food in the appliance.
• Avoid or minimise temperature variations. Observe the expiry date on the packaging.
• Always follow the storage instructions on frozen food packages.
Note:
•
Eat fully or partially defrosted foods immediately. Do not refreeze unless the food is cooked after it has
thawed. Once cooked, the food can be refrozen.
•
In case of a prolonged power failure: Do not open the appliance door, except to place ice packs (if
provided) over the frozen foods on the right and left side of the appliance. This will slow down the rise in
temperature.
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