Freezer compartment en17Fully utilising the freezercompartment volumeLearn how to store the maximumamount of frozen food in the freezercompartment.1. Remove all fittings. → Page 202. Store food directly on the shelvesand on the floor of the freezercompartment.Tips for buying frozen foodFollow the tips when you are buyingfrozen food.¡ Check the packaging is not dam-aged.¡ Check the best-before date.¡ The temperature in the supermar-ket freezer must be –18 °C orlower.¡ Do not interrupt the deep-freezechain. If possible, transport frozenfood in a cool bag and quicklyplace it in the freezer compart-ment.Tips for storing food in thefreezer compartmentFollow the tips if you are storing foodin the freezer compartment.¡ To quickly and gently freeze largerquantities of fresh food, place thisin the top frozen food container.¡ Place the food over the whole areaof the compartments or the frozenfood containers.¡ Do not bring food which is to befrozen into contact with frozenfood.If necessary, redistribute frozenfood in the freezer compartment.¡ To ensure that the air can circulatefreely in the appliance, push thefrozen food containers in as far asthey will go.Tips for freezing fresh foodFollow the tips when you freeze freshfood.¡ Freeze fresh and undamaged foodonly.¡ Cooked, roasted or baked food ismore suitable for consumptionthan food that can be eaten raw.¡ In order to retain the nutritionalvalue, flavour and colour, youshould prepare certain food forfreezing.– Vegetables: Wash, chop up,blanch.– Fruit: Wash, pit and perhapspeel, possibly add sugar orascorbic acid solution.Additional information on how to dothis can be found in the relevant liter-ature.Food suitable for freezing¡ Baked goods¡ Fish and seafood¡ Meat¡ Poultry and game¡ Vegetables, fruit and herbs¡ Eggs without shells¡ Dairy products, e.g. cheese, butterand quark¡ Ready meals and leftovers, e.g.soups, stews, cooked meat andfish, potato dishes, bakes anddessertsFood that is unsuitable for freezing¡ Types of vegetables that are usu-ally eaten raw, e.g. lettuce orradishes¡ Unpeeled or hard-boiled eggs¡ Grapes¡ Whole apples, pears and peaches¡ Yoghurt, soured milk, sour cream,crème fraîche and mayonnaise