Beko GNE 46102 E Manual page 25

Freezing Fresh Food
• It must be preferred to wrap or cover the
food before placing them in the refrigerator.
• Hot food must cool down to the room
temperature before putting them in the
refrigerator.
• The foodstuff that you want to freeze must
be fresh and in good quality.
• Foodstuff must be divided into portions
according to the family's daily or meal based
consumption needs.
• Foodstuff must be packaged in an airtight
manner to prevent them from drying even if
they are going to be kept for a short time.
• Materials to be used for packaging must
be tear-proof and resistant to cold, humidity,
odor, oils and acids and they must also be
airtight. Moreover, they must be well closed
and they must be made from easy-to-use
materials that are suitable for deep freeze
usage.
• Food to be frozen must be put in the freezer
compartment. (They should not be allowed to
come in contact with the previously frozen
items to prevent their partial thawing. Freezing
capacity of our product is given in the technical
specifications of your refrigerator.)
• Periods given in the information about deep
freeze must be obeyed for storage times.
• Frozen food must be used promptly after
they are thawed and they should never be re-
frozen.
• Please observe the following instructions
to obtain the best results.
• Do not freeze too large quantites of food
at once one time. The quality of the food is
best preserved when it is frozen right through
to the core as quickly as possible.
• Do not exceed the freezing capacity of your
appliance in 24 h which is 13 kg.
• Placing warm food into the freezer
compartment causes the refrigeration
compressor to operate continuously until the
food is frozen solid. This can temporarily lead
to excessive cooling of the refrigeration
compartment.
• You may place the fresh food to be frozen
in any place you like in the freezer. However,
we recommend you to use quick freeze
compartment for fastest freezing.
• Take special care not to mix already frozen
food and fresh food.
Recommendation for
Preservation of Frozen Food
• • Prepacked commercially frozen food Prepacked commercially frozen food
should be stored in accordance with the frozen should be stored in accordance with the frozen
food manufacturer's instructions for a food manufacturer's instructions for a
( 4 star) frozen food storage compartment. ( 4 star) frozen food storage compartment.
• To ensure that the high quality achieved • To ensure that the high quality achieved
by the frozen food manufacturer and the food by the frozen food manufacturer and the food
retailer is maintained, the following should be retailer is maintained, the following should be
remembered: remembered:
1. Put packets 1. Put packets
in the freezer in the freezer
as quickly as as quickly as
possible after possible after
purchase. purchase.
2. Ensure that 2. Ensure that
contents are contents are
labelled and labelled and
dated. dated.
3. Do not 3. Do not
exceed "Use exceed "Use
By", "Best By", "Best
Before" dates Before" dates
on the on the
packaging. packaging.
If there is a power failure do not open the If there is a power failure do not open the
freezer door. Even if the power failure lasts freezer door. Even if the power failure lasts
up to 8 hours, frozen food will not be affected. up to 8 hours, frozen food will not be affected.
In case the failure lasts longer, the food must In case the failure lasts longer, the food must
be checked and when necessary, must be be checked and when necessary, must be
consumed immediately or must be frozen consumed immediately or must be frozen
after cooked. after cooked.
* If you remove freezer compartment drawer * If you remove freezer compartment drawer
and icebox to increase the volume, section and icebox to increase the volume, section
over the line shown in the figure below over the line shown in the figure below
becomes two star section. Use this volume becomes two star section. Use this volume
only for short-term storage of food. only for short-term storage of food.
Defrosting Defrosting
The fridge and freezer compartments defrost The fridge and freezer compartments defrost
automatically. automatically.
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