Freezing & De-frosting Food

Freezing is one of the most efficient ways of storing food that is not required immediately.

Check your Freezer manual, this will give you recommendations as to how long you store various foods in your freezer.

• Freshly frozen products 3 months.
• Shop frozen products 6 months.
• These are examples, your manual should give you more accurate information.  You should always follow the freezing guide on any pre-packed products and freeze on day of purchase. Some fresh products will only recommend storing for 1 month in a domestic freezer.
• Prior to putting your product in the freezer write the end use by date on the packaging to help remind you when to use it by.
• When freezing any produce yourself,  you should always put on the date that you are freezing it.
• If you buy plenty of vegetables you can pre-slice & chop them, put them into freezer bags & date them. You can then use them straight from the freezer when required.