How to Organize Your Fridge

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A well-organized fridge is vital for safe storage to prevent any bacteria infiltrating your food and making you ill. Maintaining a cool temperature in your fridge is vital for this, too, with The Food Standards Agency (FSA) recommending the ideal temperature of your fridge should be between 3-5°C. But, storing food correctly will also help you minimise food wastage. According to WRAP, UK households waste 7 million tonnes of it every year, 5 million of which is edible.

Organizing your fridge properly will help reduce waste, your chances of getting food poisoning and your weekly shopping bill. Just use our handy guide, put together with expert advice from our cookery team, to help you get the most out of your fridge, and to keep your food fresher for longer.

Upper Shelves

Foods that don’t need cooking, such as deli meats and leftovers.

Lower/Middle Shelves

Dairy such as milks, cheeses, yogurt and butter.

Bottom Shelf

This is the coldest part of your fridge, and where wrapped raw meat and fish should be kept. Placing raw food on the bottom shelf also minimises the risk of cross-contamination.

Drawers

Vegetables, salads and fruit should be stored in their original packaging in the salad drawer where they will be enclosed. This is also a good place to store herbs, as they can’t get frozen to the back of the fridge.

Door Shelves

This is the warmest area of the fridge and most susceptible to temperature fluctuations. Store foods that have natural preservatives here, such as condiments, jams and juice.