How long to keep food in the freezer
- Lamb and veal: 9 months - Pork ribs: 4 to 6 months - Roast pork: 4 to 12 months - Steak: 6 to 12 months - Beef ribs: 4 to 6 months - Roast beef: 12 months - Chicken and whole turkey: 12 months - Chicken and turkey in pieces: 9 months - Ground pork and turkey: 3 to 4 months - Beef, chicken: 3 to 4 months - Tongue, liver, kidneys, heart: 3 to 4 months - Game: 3 to 4 months - Cooked ham: 2 months - Canned ham after opening: 1 to 2 months - Raw ground steak: 3 to 4 months - Bacon: 1 month - Sausages: 1 to 2 months - Cooked meats: 2 to 3 months - Knacks in freezer bags: 1 to 2 months - Fried chicken: 4 months - Prepared poultry cooked: 4 to 6 months - Chicken nuggets: 1 to 3 months
Pisces
- Lean fish: 6 months
- Fatty fish: 2 to 3 months
- Cooked fish: 4 to 6 months
- Smoked fish: 2 months
Seafood
- Crustaceans: 2 to 3 months
- Lobsters: 12 months
- Crabs: 10 months
- Shrimps, scallops: 3 to 6 months
- Calamari, clams: 3 at 6 months
- Clams, mussels, fresh oysters 2 to 3 months
- Fish, canned seafood out of the box: 2 months
Fruits & vegetables
- Citrus fruits: 3 months
- Other fruits: 9 to 12 months
- Nuts, hazelnuts, nuts: 3 months
- Vegetables: 8 to 12 months
- Soups, broths & dishes in sauce
- Meat broths: 2 to 3 months
- Soups with pieces of meat: 2 to 3 months
- Stews, meats in sauce: 3 to 4 months
- Vegetables in sauce, vegetable soups: 2 to 3 months
Dairy products & eggs
- Butter: 6 to 9 months
- Margarine: 12 months
- Faisselle, cottage type cheeses: 1 month
- Hard cheeses: 6 months
- Soft cheeses: 6 months
- Ice cream: 2 months
- Yogurt: 1-2 months
- Raw eggs: 1 month
Breads & desserts
- Baked breads and rolls: 2 to 3 months
- Unbaked breads and rolls: 1 month
- Baked cookies: 6-8 months
- Cookie dough: 3 months
- Cakes without icing baked: 2 to 3 months
- Cakes with icing baked: 1 month
- Baked fruit pies: 6 to 8 months
- Uncooked fruit pies: 2 to 4 months < br> -Baked apple or apricot pies: 1 to 2 months
- Cheesecake: 2 to 3 months
- Baked muffins: 6 to 12 months
- Pancakes: 3 months
- Waffles: 1 month
Drinks
- Milk: 3-6 months
- Homemade fruit juices: 6 months
- Fruit juice from concentrate: 12 months
Warning ! Never use glass containers to store drinks, as they may burst in your freezer.
Others
- Gratins, baked preparations: 3 months
- Egg preparations: 1 to 2 months
- Cooked rice: 3 months
- Cooked pasta, noodles: 3 months
- Sliced cold meat: 1 to 2 months
- Pizza: 1 to 2 months
- Spices, aromatic herbs: 12 months
- Frozen ready meals: 3 to 4 months
Foods that should NEVER be frozen
- Cold cuts
- Vacuum packed products
- Eggs with their shells
- Hard-boiled eggs
- Coffee
- Mayonnaise
- Crème fraîche
- Buttermilk
- Cream cheese
- Flan
- English cream
- Salads with chicken, ham, tuna, pasta, eggs
- Dressings in bottle
- Ham in unopened box
- Canned fish
- Uncooked pasta
- Uncooked rice
- Cereals
- Apples
- Melons
- Artichoke
- Eggplant
- Lettuce < br> - Potatoes except mashed
- Radish
- Shoots and sprouts
Additional tips
The temperature of your freezer should be set to -18 ° C. You should store your food tightly and empty all the air out of your freezer bags before closing them. Finally, remember to put labels on your food, with their name and the date of freezing!
