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Frozen Food - Storage Life

Practical storage life for common frozen food products.

Recommended maximum freezing time for some common food products:

Frozen Food - Storage Life
FoodStorage Time (months)
-12 oC
(10 oF)
-18 oC
(0 oF)
-24 oC
(-11 oF)
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
Califlower 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 magma 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

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