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Packing frozen food
To prevent food from losing its flavour or drying out,
place in airtight containers.
1.
Place food in packaging.
2.
Remove air.
3.
Seal the wrapping.
4.
Label packaging with contents
and date of freezing.
Suitable packaging:
Plastic film, tubular film made of polyethylene,
aluminium foil, freezer containers.
These products are available from specialist outlets.
Unsuitable packaging:
Wrapping paper, greaseproof paper, cellophane, bin
liners and used shopping bags.
Items suitable for sealing packaged food:
Rubber bands, plastic clips, string, cold-resistant
adhesive tape, etc.
Bags and tubular film made of polyethylene
can be sealed with a film heat sealer.
Shelf life of frozen food
Storage duration depends on the type of food.
At a temperature of -18 °C:
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Fish, sausage, ready meals and cakes
and pastries:
up to 6 months
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Cheese, poultry and meat:
up to 8 months
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Vegetables and fruit:
up to 12 months
Fast freezing
Food should be frozen solid as quickly as possible
in order to retain vitamins, nutritional value,
appearance and flavour.
Several hours before placing fresh food in the freezer
compartment, switch on fast freezing to prevent an
unwanted temperature rise.
As a rule, 4-6 hours is adequate.
This appliance runs constantly and the freezer
compartment drops to a very low temperature.
If you would like to use the max. freezing capacity,
switch on fast freezing for 24 hours before placing the
fresh produce in the freezer compartment.
You can place smaller quantities of food (up to 2 kg)
in the top compartment without fast freezing.
Note
When fast freezing is switched on, increased
operating noises may occur.
Switching on and off
Press “fast” button freezer compartment
h
.
If the fast freezing has been switched on the button is
lit.
Fast freezing automatically switches off after
approx. 2½ days.
Thawing frozen food
Depending on the type and application, select one
of the following options:
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at room temperature
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in the refrigerator
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in an electric oven, with/without fan assisted hot-
air
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in the microwave
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Caution
Do not refreeze thawing or thawed food. Only ready
meals (boiled or fried) may be refrozen.
No longer store the frozen produce for the max.
storage period.
