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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 0°F (-17.8%).
FOOD STORAGE TIME
Fruits
Fruit juice concentrate ...................... 12 months
Commercially frozen fruit.. ................ 12 months
Citrus fruit and juices ................... 4 to 6 months
Others ........................................ 8 to 12 months
Vegetables
Commercially frozen ........................... 8 months
Home frozen ............................. .8 to 12 months
Meat
Bacon ...................................... .4 weeks or less
Corned beef.. ............................ 4 weeks or less
(Salting meat shortens freezer life)
Frankfurters .......................................... 1 month
Ground beef, lamb, veal .............. 2 to 3 months
Roasts:
Beef ....................................... 6 to 12 months
Lamb and veal ......................... 6 to 9 months
Pork ......................................... 4 to 8 months
Sausage, fresh ............................ 1 to 2 months
Steaks and chops:
Beef ....................................... 8 to 12 months
Lamb, veal, pork ..................... .3 to 4 months
Fish
Cod, flounder, haddock, sole.. ........... .6 months
Blue fish, salmon ......................... 2 to 3 months
Mackerel, perch .......................... .2 to 3 months
Breaded fish (purchased) .................. .3 months
Clams, oysters, cooked fish,
crab, scallops
..........................
.3 to 4 months
Alaskan king crab ............................. 10 months
Shrimp, uncooked ............................ 12 months
Poultry
Chicken or turkey,
whole or parts ............................... 12 months
Duck .................................................. .6 months
Giblets .........................................
2 to 3 months
Cooked poultry w/gravy ...................... 6 months
Slices (no gravy) .................................. 1 month
FOOD
STORAGE TIME
Main dishes
Stews; meat, poultry
and fish casserole
...................
.2 to 3 months
TV dinners ................................... 3 to 6 months
Dairy products
Butter ........................................... 6 to 9 months
Margarine ......................................... 12 months
Cheese:
Camembert, Mozzarella,
Farmer’s,.
.......................................
.3 months
Creamed cottage .............. DO NOT FREEZE
Cheddar, Edam, Gouda,
Swiss, Brick, etc.
.................
.6 to 8 weeks
(Freezing can change texture of cheese).
Ice cream, ice milk, sherber-t .............. 2 months
Eggs
Whole (mixed) .................................. 12 months
Whites .............................................. 12 months
Yolks ................................................. 12 months
(Add sugar or salt to yolks or whole mixed eggs)
Baked goods
Yeast breads and rolls..
.....................
.3 months
Baked Brown ‘N Serve rolls ................ 3 months
Unbaked breads ................................... 1 month
Quick breads
..............................
.2 to 3 months
Cakes, unfrosted ......................... 2 to 4 months
Cakes, frosted ........................... 8 to 12 months
Fruit cakes ........................................ 12 months
Cookie dough
....................................
.3 months
Baked cookies
..........................
.8 to 12 months
Baked pies ................................... 1 to 2 months
Pie dough only..
..........................
.4 to 6 months
Based on U.S.D.A. and Michigan Cooperative
Extension Service suggested storage times.
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