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 |
Fruits
rFOOD |
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| 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 | |
Dairy | products |
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l cllrus
l Commercially frozen l Juice concentrates
lOthers
Vegetables
l Commercially frozen
lHome frozen
Meats
lBacon’
l Corned beef
lFrankfurters
l Ground beef, veal and lamb
lRoasts:
l Sausage (fresh)
lSteaks 8. chops:
Fish
l Alaskan king crab
lBlue fish 8 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)
‘oultry
lChicken or turkey (whole or parts)
l Cooked (w/ gravy)
lDuck
lGiblets
lSlices (no gravy)
4 to 6 months
12 months
12months 8 to 12 months
8months 8 to 12 months
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
12months
6months
6months
2 to 3 months
1month
l | Butter |
| 6 to 9 months |
l | Margarine |
| 12 months |
l | Cheese? |
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| Farmer’s | & |
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| Mozzarella |
| 3 months |
| cottage | do not freeze | |
| Edam, |
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| Gouda, Swiss, |
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| Brick, etc. |
| 6 to 8 weeks |
lIce cream, ice milk 8
| sherbet |
| 2 months | ||
Eggs |
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l | Whole | (mixed) | 12 months | ||
l | Whites |
| 12 months | ||
l | Yolks |
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| 12 months | |
NOTE: Add sugar or salt to yolks or whole | |||||
mixed | eggs. |
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Baked | goods |
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l Brown | ‘N Serve rolls |
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| (baked) |
| 3 months | ||
l | Cakes | (frosted) | 8 to 12 months | ||
l | Cakes | (unfrosted) | 2 to 4 months | ||
l | Cookies | (baked) | 8 to 12 months | ||
l | Cookie | dough | 3 months | ||
l | Fruit | cakes | 12 months | ||
l | Pies |
| (baked) | 1 to 2 months | |
l | Pies |
| dough | 4 to 6 months | |
l | Quick | breads | 2 to 3 months | ||
l | Unbaked breads | 1 month | |||
l Yeast breads 8 rolls | 3 months | ||||
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Xaltlng meat shortens treezer Irfe. | |||||
**Freezing can change texture of cheese. | |||||
Based on U.S.D.A. and Michigan Cooperative Extension Service suggested storage times.
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