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Packing frozen food, Place food in packaging, Remove air – Siemens KU15LA65 User Manual

Page 27: Seal the wrapping, Label packaging with contents and date of freezing, Suitable packaging, Unsuitable packaging, Items suitable for sealing packaged food, Shelf life of frozen food, Fish, sausage, ready meals and cakes and pastries

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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:
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

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 thawing or thawed food.
Only ready meals (boiled or fried) may
be refrozen.
No longer store the frozen produce for
the max. storage period.

Interior fittings

You can reposition the shelves inside the
appliance and the door shelves as
required:

Lift the glass shelves, pull forwards,
lower and swivel out to the side.
Fig. 4

Reposition stoppers and re-insert
shelf. Fig. 5

Lift the door shelf and remove. Fig. 6

Special features

(not all models)

Pull-out container

Fig. 7
The pull-out container is especially
suitable for the storage of foods which
contain meat. It can be taken out for
loading, unloading and cleaning.