Did you know you can't store food in the freezer indefinitely?
Eh yes ! Foods that are frozen (or that you freeze yourself) also have a limited shelf life.
Otherwise you risk a good food poisoning !
Hence the importance of noting the date on which you frozen them on the different products.
So how long can you keep food in the freezer ? The answer in image in our summary table:
-Bread and baguettes: 1 month.
- Tart base, cake dough, pastries: 2 months.
- Ground meat: 2 to 3 months.
- Cake (cut into individual portions): 3 months.
- Grated cheese and butter: 3 months.
- Fish and shellfish fillets: 3 to 4 months.
- Leftovers from cooked meals, soup, sauce: 3 to 4 months.
- Chicken fillets or drumsticks: 6 months.
- Pork, lamb or veal: 6 to 8 months.
- Beef, game and poultry: 8 months.
- Fruits &vegetables (washed/dried or blanched) :10 to 12 months.
These indicative dates are based on freezing in individual, airtight packages.
To avoid bad experiences, be aware that some products do not freeze well:
- Milk, yoghurts, creams and other dairy products such as cheese.
- Raw tomatoes, cucumber, salad.
There you go, now you know the shelf life of frozen food :-)
To avoid getting sick, remember to follow these storage rules.
Do you know these retention periods? Do you respect them? Tell us in comments. We can't wait to read you!
