Packing Frozen Food; Shelf Life Of Frozen Food; Super Freezing; Switching On Super Freezing - Bosch KGN Série Notice D'utilisation

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The following foods are suitable for
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freezing:
Cakes and pastries, fish and seafood,
meat, game, poultry, vegetables, fruit,
herbs, eggs without shells, dairy
products such as cheese, butter and
quark, ready meals and leftovers such
as soups, stews, cooked meat and
fish, potato dishes, soufflés and
desserts.
The following foods are not suitable
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for freezing:
Types of vegetables, which are usually
consumed raw, such as lettuce or
radishes, eggs in shells, grapes,
whole apples, pears and peaches,
hard-boiled eggs, yoghurt, soured
milk, sour cream, crème fraîche and
mayonnaise.

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:
Cling wrap, 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.
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Bags and tubular film made of
polyethylene (PE) 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:
Fish, sausage, ready meals and cakes
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and pastries:
up to 6 months
Cheese, poultry and meat:
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up to 8 months
Vegetables and fruit:
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up to 12 months

Super freezing

Food should be frozen solid as quickly
as possible in order to retain vitamins,
nutritional value, appearance and flavour.
The appliance runs constantly when
super freezing has been switched on.
The freezer compartment temperatures
are much lower than in normal operation.

Switching on super freezing

Depending on the amounts of food to be
frozen, you can use super freezing in
different ways.
Note
When super freezing is switched on,
increased operating noises may occur.
Automatic super freezing
Smaller amounts of food are frozen solid
extremely quickly if you freeze them as
follows:
In the bottom frozen food container
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On left
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