Whirlpool 6ED20PK, 3ED20PK warranty Freezer food storage chart, Food Storage Time

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 -17.8% (0°F).

FOOD				STORAGE TIME
Fruits
l	Citrus			4 to 6 months
l	Commercially		frozen	12	months
l	Juice concentrates			12	months
l	Others			8 to 12 months
Vegetables
l	Commercially		frozen	8	months
l	Home	frozen		8 to 12 months
Meats
9 Bacon+				4 weeks	or less
l	Corned	beef+		4 weeks	or less
l	Frankfurters				1 month

lGround beef, veal and

lamb 2 to 3 months

lRoasts:

-Beef	6 to 12	months
-Lamb & veal	6 to 9	months

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FOOD

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Main dishes

l Casseroles (meat, poultry & fish)

lStews

lTV dinners

Dairy products 9 Butter

lMargarine

lCheese:++

-Camembert, Farmer’s & Mozzarella

-Creamed cottage

-Cheddar, Edam,

Gouda, Swiss,

Brick, etc.

lIce cream, ice milk & sherbet

Eggs

l Whole (mixed)

lWhites l Yolks

STORAGE TIME

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2 to 3 months

2 to 3 months

3 to 6 months

6 to 9 months

12 months

3 months do not freeze

6 to 8 weeks

2 months

12 months

12 months

12 months

	-Pork			4	to 8 months
l	Sausage	(fresh)		1 to 2 months
l	Steaks & chops:
	-Beef			8 to 12 months
	-Lamb,	veal	& pork	3	to 4 months
Fish
l	Alaskan	king	crab		IO months
l	Blue fish & salmon			2	to 3	months
l	Breaded	fish
	(purchased)				3	months
l	Clams,	oysters,
	cooked	fish,	crab &
	scallops			3	to 4	months

lCod, flounder, sole &

	haddock		6	months
l	Mackerel	& perch	2 to 3	months
l	Shrimp	(uncooked)	12	months

Poultry

lChicken or turkey

	(whole	or parts)	12	months
9 Cooked		(WI gravy)	6	months
l	Duck		6	months
l	Giblets		2 to 3	months
l	Slices	(no gravy)		1 month

NOTE: Add sugar or salt to yolks or whole mixed eggs.

Baked goods

lBrown ‘N Serve rolls

	(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 & rolls		3 months

Salting meat shortens freezer life. ++Freezing can change texture of cheese

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