Frozen Food - Storage Life
Practical storage life for common frozen food products. Recommended maximum freezing time for some common food products at different temperature levels.
| Food | Storage Time at -12°C (10°F) | Storage Time at -18°C (0°F) | Storage Time at -24°C (-11°F) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apricots, raw | 4 | 18 | >24 |
| Apricots, in sugar | 3 | 18 | >24 |
| Asparagus, with green spears | 3 | 12 | >24 |
| Bacon, sliced and vacuum packed | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Beans, green | 4 | 15 | >24 |
| Beans, lima | 18 | >24 | |
| Beef carcass, unpackaged | 8 | 15 | 24 |
| Beef steaks/cuts | 8 | 18 | 24 |
| Breads | 3 | ||
| Broccoli | 15 | 24 | |
| Brussels sprouts | 6 | 15 | >24 |
| Butter, lactic and unsalted pH 4.7 | 15 | 18 | 20 |
| Butter, lactic and salted pH 4.7 | 8 | 12 | 14 |
| Butter, sweet-cream and unsalted pH 6.6 | >24 | >24 | |
| Butter, sweet-cream and salted pH 6.6 | 20 | >24 | >24 |
| Cakes | 15 | 24 | |
| Carrots | 10 | 18 | >24 |
| Cauliflower | 4 | 12 | 24 |
| Cherries, raw | 4 | 18 | >24 |
| Cherries, in sugar | 3 | 18 | >24 |
| Chicken, whole | 9 | 18 | >24 |
| Chicken, parts/cuts | 9 | 18 | >24 |
| Clams | 4 | 6 | >9 |
| Corn on the cob | 12 | 18 | |
| Crab | 4 | 6 | >12 |
| Cream | 12 | 15 | |
| Cut corn | 4 | 15 | >24 |
| Dough, raw | 12 | 18 | |
| Duck, whole | 6 | 12 | 18 |
| Egg, whole | 12 | >24 | |
| Fish, fat - glazed | 3 | 5 | >9 |
| Fish, lean | 4 | 9 | >12 |
| Fruit juice concentrate | 24 | >24 | |
| Geese, whole | 6 | 12 | 18 |
| Ground beef | 6 | 10 | 15 |
| Ice cream | 1 | 6 | 24 |
| Lamb carcass, unpackaged | 18 | 24 | >24 |
| Lamb steaks | 12 | 18 | 24 |
| Leeks, blanched | 18 | ||
| Liver | 4 | 12 | 18 |
| Lobster | 4 | 6 | >12 |
| Mushrooms, cultivated | 2 | 8 | >24 |
| Onions | 10 | 15 | |
| Oysters | 4 | 6 | >9 |
| Peaches, raw | 4 | 18 | >24 |
| Peaches, in sugar | 3 | 18 | >24 |
| Peas, green | 6 | 24 | >24 |
| Peppers, red and green | 6 | 12 | |
| Pork carcass, unpackaged | 6 | 10 | 15 |
| Pork steak/cuts | 6 | 10 | 15 |
| Potatoes, french fried | 9 | 24 | >24 |
| Raspberries/Strawberries, raw | 5 | 24 | >24 |
| Raspberries/Strawberries, in sugar | 3 | 24 | >24 |
| Shrimps, in shell and cooked | 4 | 6 | >12 |
| Shrimps, peeled and cooked | 2 | 5 | >9 |
| Spinach, chopped | 4 | 18 | >24 |
| Turkey, whole | 8 | 15 | >24 |
| Veal carcass, unpackaged | 6 | 12 | 15 |
| Veal, steaks/cuts | 6 | 12 | 15 |