FridgeSmart Venting Instructions

What if you bought your FridgeSmart Containers before the guide to their use was embedded into the side of the container, and you've misplaced the little guide that came with them?

Here are some solutions:

1. Purchase 1 new container that has the information on it so you have a guide in your fridge
2. Ask your consultant for the FridgeSmart Cling that sticks to your fridge
3. Make a note of the following guide

FridgeSmart
Fresh Just Got Smarter!

Refrigerate fruits and vegetables immediately in Tupperware FridgeSmart containers.

Dry Garlic, Mature Onions, Potatoes, Tomatoes, Winter Squash and unripe fruit are not recommended for refrigerator storage.

Fruits and vegetables are divided into 3 groups - High Breathers (leave both vents open), Medium Breathers (leave one vent open, one closed), and Low Breathers (keep both vents closed)

High (or Heavy!) Breathers include:

• Artichokes
• Broccoli
• Brussels Sprouts
• Endive
• Peas (including Snow Peas)
• Spinach
• Sweet Corn (dehusked)

Medium Breathers include:
Vegetables

• Beans (including Snap Beans and String Beans)
• Cabbage
• Cauliflower
• Fresh Herbs
• Fresh Shallots
• Green Onions
• Greens (Collard, Kale and Swiss Chard)
• Leeks
• Lettuce, all types

Fruits

• Ripe Apples
• Citrus (including Grapefruit, Orange, Mandarin, Lemon, Tangerine and Lime)
• Ripe Pears
• Peppers (including Bell, Sweet, Hot and others)

Low Breathers include:
Vegetables

• Asparagus
• Beet Root
• Button Mushrooms
• Carrots
• Celery
• Cucumbers
• Okra
• Radishes
• Rutabaga
• Summer Squash
• Turnips
• Zucchini

Fruits

• Ripe Berries
• All other ripe fruit not included in medium category
• All fresh cut fruit

Although Tupperware works with the University of Florida and they have a lot figured out, here are some tips that you might find helpful:

1. Try venting your mushrooms - I find they keep even longer
2. Store cucumber at room temperature - you will find they do not go slimey. After a couple of weeks they may lose their colour, but they will not rot even once they are cut. (I picked up this tip from a customer who has a produce store)
3. Vent your cheeses keeping 1 or both vents open
4. Experiment with 1, 2 or no vents open - find out for yourself what works in your fridge

Here is a link to a pdf printable version you can keep by your fridge:

http://order.tupperware.com/ccm-pdf/fridgeSmartChart_combo.pdf