Food storage hacks: The best way to store milk, cheese and butter to last longer
Ensuring you store food correctly can help to reduce food waste and ultimately save you money. However, many of us habitually place certain food items in areas of the kitchen where they might not necessarily be suited. Caroline, who posts videos to TikTok under the username @neat.caroline, is a New York City-based professional organiser helping people to make the most of the space available in their homes.
In a video to her TikTok audience of 212.2K followers, she revealed some common places to store dairy items might not necessarily be the best. In the UK, we throw away 6.6 million tonnes of household food waste a year according to research by the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP).
Almost three-quarters of this is food households could have eaten, which is why planning ahead is so essential when unpacking your food shop and storing items. According to Caroline, her easy food storage tips will “make your food last longer”.
While the shelves on your fridge door may seem like the perfect place to slot a pint of milk, Caroline suggests this is all wrong. “Keep milk off the fridge door and on an upper or middle shelf where it is coldest,” she said. This is because the shelves on your fridge door are actually the warmest spot inside of your appliance.
Experts from Real Simple explained: “Every time you open the fridge door, you’re dragging everything stored there into what’s likely the hottest room in your house. Warmer temperatures and frequent fluctuations can put food at risk of spoiling, especially milk and cream.”
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Caroline added: “Keep cheese wrapped in parchment paper which allows it to breathe while preventing mould growth.”
And it turns out, butter may be nicer when kept at room temperature. Caroline said: “If you like your butter at room temperature use salted over unsalted butter so that it lasts longer.”
As well as offering tips on storing dairy produce, Caroline also shared some…
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