Freezer food storage chart
Storage times will vary according to the quality of the food, the type of packaging or wrap used (air and moisture proof) and the storage temperature (which should be 0°F
FOOD | STORAGE TIME |
FOOD |
| STORAGE TIME | ||
Main dishes |
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l | Casseroles | (meat, | 2 to 3 | months |
| poultry 8 | fish) |
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l | Stews |
| 2 to 3 | months |
l | TV dinners |
| 3 to 6 | months |
Fruits |
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l | Citrus |
|
| 4 to 6 months | ||
l | Commercially | frozen |
| 12 | months | |
l | Juice | concentrates |
| 12 | months | |
l | Others |
|
| 8 to | 12 months | |
Vegetables |
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l | Commercially | frozen |
| 8 | months | |
l | Home | frozen |
| 8 to | 12 months | |
Dairy products
lButter
lMargarine l Cheese:*’
6 to 9 months
12 months
3 months do not freeze
Meats
lBacon’
l Corned beef*
lFrankfurters
l Ground beef, veal and lamb
lRoasts:
l Sausage (fresh) l Steaks 8 chops:
‘ish
l Alaskan king crab
lBlue fish & salmon
l Breaded fish (purchased)
l Clams, oysters, cooked fish, crab 8 scallops
l Cod, flounder, sole 8 haddock
l Mackerel 8 perch
l Shrimp (uncooked)
PouRly
4 weeks or less
4 weeks or less
1 month
2 to 3 months
6 to 12 months
6 to 9 months
4 to 8 months
1 to 2 months
8 to 12 months
3 to 4 months
10months 2 to 3 months
3 months
3 to 4 months
6months 2 to 3 months
12months
Gouda, Swiss,
Brick, etc.
lIce cream, ice milk 8 sherbet
Eggs
l Whole (mixed)
lWhites l Yolks
NOTE: Add sugar or salt to yolks or whole mixed
eggs.
Baked goods
lBrown ‘N Serve rolls (baked)
l Cakes (frosted)
l Cakes (unfrosted) l Cookies (baked) l Cookie dough
lFruit cakes
lPies (baked) l Pies dough
l Quick breads
l Unbaked breads
l Yeast breads & rolls
*Salting meat shortens freezer “Freezing can change texture
6 to 8 weeks
2 months
12months
12months
12months
3 months
8 to 12 months
2 to 4 months
8 to 12 months
3months
12months
1 to 2 months
4 to 6 months
2 to 3 months
1 months
3 months
life.
of cheese.
lChicken or turkey (whole or parts)
l Cooked (w/gravy)
lDuck
lGiblets
lSlices (no gravy)
12months
6months
6months
2 to 3 months
1 month
Based on U.S.D.A. and Michigan Cooperative Extension Service suggested storage times.
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