The level of air humidity in the drawers de-
pends on the content of humidity in the stor-
ed food, vegetable and fruit and on the fre-
quency of door opening
The 0°C compartment is also suitable for
slow thawing of food. In this case the
thawed food can be stored in the 0°C com-
partment for up to two days.
Tips:
• Pay attention to the freshness of the
food, especially on the expiry date. Quali-
ty and freshness influence the storage
time.
• The whole storage cycle time will depend
on the preservation conditions made pri-
or to the final storage in the fridge.
• Food, fruit or vegetables should always
be packed or wrapped up before storage.
• Animal food always store packed and dry.
• Food rich in proteins will go bad quicker.
This means seafood will spoil before fish
which in turn will spoil before meat. While
storing food in a 0°C compartment stor-
age time for that kind of food can be in-
creased by up to three times as well with-
out loss on quality.
• All food stored in a 0°C compartment
should be taken out of the drawers rough-
ly 15-30 min before consumption, partic-
ularly fruit and vegetables to be con-
sumed without any additional cooking
process. Allowing fruit and vegetables to
return to room temperature will improve
the texture and flavour.
Drawer
The wire shelves inside the drawers permit
that air can circulate freely and consequent-
ly a better conservation of foods.
The compartment has stops to prevent the
drawers from falling out when fully extended.
To remove the drawers (e.g. for cleaning pur-
poses), pull them out as far as the stops, lift
and extract.. .
Helpful hints and tips
Hints for energy saving
• Do not open the door frequently or leave
it open longer than absolutely necessary.
• If the ambient temperature is high and
the Temperature Regulator is set to low
temperature and the appliance is fully loa-
ded, the compressor may run continuous-
ly, causing frost or ice on the evaporator.
If this happens, set the Temperature Reg-
ulator toward warmer settings to allow au-
tomatic defrosting and so a saving in elec-
tricity consumption.
Hints for fresh food refrigeration
To obtain the best performance:
• do not store warm food or evaporating liq-
uids in the refrigerator
• do cover or wrap the food, particularly if it
has a strong flavour
• position food so that air can circulate free-
ly around it
Hints for refrigeration
Useful hints:
Meat (all types) : wrap in polythene bags
and place on the glass shelf above the veg-
etable drawer.
For safety, store in this way only one or two
days at the most.
Cooked foods, cold dishes, etc..: these
should be covered and may be placed on
any shelf.
Fruit and vegetables: these should be thor-
oughly cleaned and placed in the special
drawer(s) provided.
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