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Freezing and storingFreezing and storing
Purchasing deep-frozen
food:
l Ensure that the wrapping is not
damaged.
l The best-before date must not have run
out.
l The temperature display on the super-
market freezer should be –18 °C or lower.
l Purchase deep-frozen food last, wrap in
newspaper or place in a cold bag, take
home quickly and place in the freezer
compartment.
Freezing food yourself
If you wish to freeze food, use only fresh,
undamaged food.
The following foods are suitable for
freezing:
Meat and sausage products, poultry and
game, fish, vegetables, herbs, fruit, cakes
and pastries, pizza, ready meals, leftovers,
egg yolk and egg-white.
The following foods are NOT suitable for
freezing:
Eggs in shells, soured cream and mayon-
naise, green salads, radishes and onions.
Blanching vegetables and fruit
To retain colour, flavour, aroma and vitamin C,
vegetables and fruits should be blanched
prior to freezing. (Blanching is the brief
immersion of vegetables and fruit in boiling
water – literature on freezing and blanching
is available in bookshops.)
Wrapping food
Pack food in suitable portions for your
household.
Vegetables and fruit portions must NOT be
heavier than 1 kg; meat portions must NOT
be heavier than 2.5 kg. Smaller portions
freeze quicker and maximum quality is
retained during thawing and preparation.
To prevent food from losing its flavour or
drying out, wrap the food in airtight
containers.
The following products are suitable for
wrapping/packing food:
Plastic film, polyethylene blown film,
aluminium foil and freezer boxes. These
products can be purchased from your
dealer.
The following products are NOT suitable:
Wrapping paper, greaseproof paper,
cellophane, refuse bags and used shopping
bags.
Wrap up the food. Press out all the air and
seal the wrapping.
The following products are suitable for
sealing the wrapped food:
Rubber bands, plastic clips, string, cold-
resistant adhesive tape or similar. Bags and
polyethylene blown film can be sealed with
a film sealer.
Before placing the food in the freezer
compartment, label and date the wrapped
food.
Max. freezing capacity
To retain the vitamins, nutritional value,
appearance and flavour, freeze the food as
quickly as possible. Do NOT exceed the
max. freezing capacity of your appliance.
Within 24 hours a max. 12 kg of food can be
frozen at once in the bottom compartments.
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Food arrangement
Example of food
arrangement
Fig.
1
Refrigerator compartment (A)
Cakes and pastries, ready meals, dairy
products on shelves (12) from top to
bottom.
Bottles on the shelf (14).
Vegetables, fruit and lettuce in the
vegetable drawer (15).
Small bottles and tins in the storage
compartment (18).
Eggs in the egg rack (19).
Large bottles in the bottle storage com-
partment (20).
Freezer compartment (B)
Store small items of frozen food on the
freezer tray (21) and use it for making ice.
Store frozen food in the upper drawers (22).
Freeze and store food in the bottom frozen-
food drawer (23).
Food which is already frozen must NOT
come into contact with fresh food which
is to be frozen. If required, restack food.
Allow hot food and drinks to cool down to
room temperature before placing them in
the freezer compartment.
Fast freeze
If there is already food in the freezer
compartment, switch ON Fast freeze several
hours before freezing fresh products.
As a rule, 4–6 hours is adequate. Smaller
quantities of food (up to 2 kg) can be frozen
without Fast freeze. To switch ON Fast
freeze, simply press the “Fast freeze”
button, Figure
2
/3.
The “Fast freeze” display indicates that
Fast freeze is ON. The refrigerating unit now
operates continuously and the freezer
compartment drops to a very low tempera-
ture. Fast freeze automatically switches OFF
approx. 50 hours after it was switched ON.
Storage life of frozen food
Fish, sausage, ready meals, up to 4 months
cakes and pastries
Cheese, poultry, meat up to 8 months
Vegetables, fruit up to 12 months
