Shelf life of frozen food
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:
■
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.
To prevent an undesirable temperature
rise when placing fresh food in
the freezer compartment, switch on
super freezing several hours beforehand.
As a rule, 4–6 hours is adequate.
If the max. freezing capacity is to be
used, super freezing must be switched
on for 24 hours before the fresh produce
is placed in the freezer compartment.
Smaller quantities of food (up to 2 kg)
can be frozen without "super freezing".
Note
When super freezing is switched on,
increased operating noises may occur.
Switching on and off
Fig. 2
Press "super" button 3.
If the super freezing has been switched
on the button is lit.
Super freezing automatically switches off
after approx. 2½ days.
Thawing frozen food
Depending on the type and application,
select one of the following options:
at room temperature
■
in the refrigerator
■
in an electric oven, with/without fan
■
assisted hot-air
in the microwave
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Caution
Do not refreeze food which is beginning
to thaw or which has already thawed. It
can only be refrozen when it has been
used to prepare a ready meal (boiled
or fried).
No longer store the frozen produce
for the max. storage period.
Special features
(not all models)
Shelves and containers
You can reposition the inner shelves
and the containers in the door as
required: pull shelf forwards, lower
and swivel out to the side. Lift
the container and remove.
Bottle shelf
Fig. 4
Bottles can be stored securely on
the bottle shelf. The holder can be
adjusted.
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