Freezing Foods, Storing Frozen Foods; Freezing Food - Hanseatic HKGK18055CW User Manual

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Freezing foods, storing frozen foods

Freezing foods, storing frozen foods
WARNING
Danger of explosion!
Improper handling of the appliance
may lead to an explosion.
■ Do not store explosive substances
such as aerosol cans with a flammable
propellant in this appliance, as they
may cause ignitable gas-air mixtures
to explode.
CAUTION
Health hazard!
Incorrect handling, insufficient cool-
ing or overlapping items can spoil the
stored food. This could lead to a risk of
food poisoning when consumed.
■ In particular, pack raw meat and fish
carefully to ensure that adjacent
food cannot be contaminated by sal-
monella or similar bacteria.
■ Abide by the storage times recom-
mended by food manufacturers.
■ Note that the shelf life of the frozen food
may be shortened due to a rise in the
temperature inside the appliance (from
defrosting, cleaning or power failure).
■ If there is a power failure, the frozen
food may remain sufficiently cold for
some time. In case of prolonged pow-
er failure or malfunction of the appli-
ance, remove the stored frozen food
from the appliance and store it in a
sufficiently cool place or in anoth-
er cooling appliance. The maximum
storage time in the event of a fault is
shown on the appliance's type plate.
■ After a malfunction, check wheth-
er the stored food is still edible. Con-
sume thawed and defrosted foods
immediately, do not refreeze.
Risk of injury!
Improper handling of the appliance
may result in injury. Risk of burns caused
by low temperatures.
■ The food and the inside walls of the
freezer have a very low temperature.
Never touch them with wet hands.
This can cause injury to the skin. Skin
damage can occur even with dry skin.
■ Let ice cubes or ice lollies thaw a lit-
tle before eating, do not put into your
mouth straight from the freezer.
If there is not enough space within the
drawers of the freezer, you can re-
move the drawers.
• Follow the instructions in this chapter to
store your food for the longest possible
time in the best possible way.

Freezing food

Freezing means reducing the core tempera-
ture of fresh, room-temperature food to fro-
zen as quickly as possible – for best results
'flash-frozen'. If not cooled quickly enough, the
food will be "killed by frost", i.e. the structure
will be destroyed. A constant storage tempera-
ture of –18 °C is needed to maintain the food's
consistency, taste and nutritional value.
Freezing food has a positive effect on its shelf
life. This will also help you avoid food waste.
• Set the temperature in the freezer to
–18°C and fill the fridge in such a way that
the temperature conditions inside are op-
timally utilised, guaranteeing optimal food
storage.
• Place food to be frozen in the drawers (7)
and (8) in the freezer.
• Combine the drawers as shown in the di-
agram on page EN-15 to achieve the most
efficient use of energy for your appliance.