How Long Can You Refrigerate Dairy, Fruit and Grain Products?
See the below chart for general guidelines on refrigerating your favorite cheese, fruit, juice or bread!
Dairy Products | Refrigerator Storage (Time) |
Butter | 1-2 weeks |
Cheese, cottage or ricotta | 1-2 weeks |
Cheese, cream | 2 weeks |
Cheese, hard, unopened | 1-2 months |
Cheese, hard, opened | 3-4 weeks |
Margarine | 4 to 6 months |
Milk or buttermilk, fluid | 14 days |
Sour cream | 1-3 weeks |
Whipped topping | 2-3 weeks |
Yogurt | 10 days |
Fruit and Juices | Refrigerator Storage (Time) |
Apples | 1-3 weeks |
Berries | 1-7 days |
Citrus fruits | 3 weeks |
Grapes | 1 week |
Juices, all types, opened | 10 days |
Juices, all types, unopened | 3 weeks |
Melons | 3-7 days |
Oranges | 3 weeks |
Peaches, apricots, nectarines | 3-7 days |
Pears, plums | 3-4 days |
Pineapple, ripe | 3-5 days |
Pumpkins | 2-3 months |
Rhubarb | 2-4 weeks |
Grain Products/Baked Goods | Refrigerator Storage (Time) |
Bread | 2-3 weeks |
Pies, cream or pumpkin | 2-3 days |
Pies, fruit | 2-3 days |
Rolls | 2-3 weeks |
source: http://teamnutrition.usda.gov/resources/ccrecipes3-6supp.pdf