Standards for food storage at low temperatures
Very good if your refrigerator has separate thermostats for each camera, because it is not always possible to adjust the temperature by one mechanism to the entire refrigerator.
Most units suggest setting the temperature from +1 to +9 for the refrigerating chamber, from -16 to -24 degrees Celsius for the freezer, and to maintain air in the vicinity of 0 in the so-called freshness zone.
In general, it is not necessary to adhere to strict standards. The temperature of the air in the refrigerator should depend primarily on your usual diet. Certain products require their own personal temperature, so what temperature in the refrigerator should be just for you, you need to decide individually.
In particular:
- Fresh meat and fish like temperature from 0 to +2.
- Cooked food is stored at +2 degrees.
- Root vegetables( carrots, potatoes, beets) are well kept at +4.
- Most vegetables and fruits should be stored at +8.
- The optimum temperature for storing frozen food is -18 degrees.
- Fast freezing of fresh products is carried out at -24, but keep them after the best yet at -18 degrees.
What is the "freshness zone"?
Some products are well stored at minimum temperatures without freezing, without losing either their culinary or their useful properties. Such products include fresh fish, meat, poultry, greens, some types of vegetables. It is for such products that zero cameras are designed.
Specially for different types of products, a dry "freshness zone" was created where, at a temperature close to 0 degrees, meat and fresh fish products are stored, and a "freshness zone" with high humidity up to 90% for storing fresh vegetables and greens.
For a person who takes care of their health and eats properly, such cameras are a real salvation, because all useful substances are stored in food.
What is super-freezing?
You can not always afford to eat only fresh food. In a non-season, vegetables and fruits are expensive, and it's just inconvenient to run to the store every day. It is for this purpose that the possibility of "Super" frosts at low temperatures( -24, -32 Celsius) is created. Such a rapid freezing does not destroy, but as it preserves food. In good packaging, super-frozen foods are stored for months without losing their properties.
However, after full freezing it is recommended to shift food to a normal freezer at -16 -18 degrees.
These are generally accepted norms for storing different types of products, and what temperature in the refrigerator will suit you depends on your diet.
