Why Are Foods Prone to Quicker Burn Out When Stored in a Refrigerator Freezer?
Why Are Foods Prone to Quicker Burn Out When Stored in a Refrigerator Freezer?Foods stored in a refrigerator freezer will burn out much more rapidly then if stored in a chest freezer. But you can take measures to prevent food loss.Answer: More than one factor affects the quality of foods stored in a refrigerator freezer as opposed to a chest model: Refrigerators today have a wonderful automatic defrost feature which operates periodically to prevent ice from building up inside the freezer compartment. However, during this process, the freezer temperature is not held constant but fluctuates. Moisture is also drawn from the foods during this process, contributing to quicker freezer burn. Hence why ice cubes tend to shrink and quality is affected. We also tend to retrieve foods from, or ‘explore’ what’s inside our refrigerator freezer compartments, more often then we do from the deep freeze model. This creates additional temperature fluctuations. We can safeguard and limit freezer burn by
