Suitable packaging, Unsuitable packaging, Items suitable for sealing packaged food – Siemens GI18DA65 User Manual
Page 28: Shelf life of frozen food, Fish, sausage, ready meals and cakes and pastries, Up to 6 months, Cheese, poultry and meat, Up to 8 months, Vegetables and fruit, Up to 12 months
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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:
■
Fish, sausage, ready meals and cakes
and pastries:
up to 6 months
■
Cheese, poultry and meat:
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.
Several hours before placing fresh food
in the freezer compartment, switch on
super 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 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”.
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.