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Freezer food storage chart
Storage times will vary accordrng to the qualrty of
the food, the type of packaging or wrap used (air
and moisture proof), and the storage lemperature
which should be 0°F (-17.8%).
FOOD
Fruits
STORAGE TIME
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 lo 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
Lambandveal . .._...._.._ 6to9months
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 krng crab 10 months
Shrimp, uncooked 12 months
Poultry
Chrcken or turkey,
whole or pans 12 months
Duck 6 months
Goblets 2 to 3 months
Cooked poultry w/gravy 6 months
Slices (no gravy) 1 month
FOOD
Main dishes
Stews; meal, poultry
STORAGE TIME
and fish casserole 2 to 3 months
TVdinners 3 lo 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.
SwissBrick. etc. 6 to 8 weeks
(Freezing can change texture of cheese.)
Ice cream, ice milk, sherbet 2 months
Eggs
Whole (mixed) 12 months
Whites 12 months
Yolks 12 months
(Add sugar or salt to yolks or whole mrxed eggs)
Baked goods
Yeast breads and rolls
Baked Brown ‘N Serve rolls
Unbaked breads
Quick breads
Cakes, unfrosted
Cakes, frosted
Fruit cakes
Cookie dough
Baked cookres
Baked pies
Pie dough only
Based on U.S.D.A. and Mrchrgan Cooperative
Extension Service suggested storage trmes.
3 months
3 months
1 month
2 3 months to
1
2 4
.8 lo to 12 months months
I 2 months
3 months
8 to 12 months
1 to 2 months
4 6 to months
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