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One to four stars saying how cold a compartment holds.
Also known as: Freezer stars, Frozen food compartment rating
Stars on a freezer compartment state the temperature it maintains: one star to minus six, two to minus twelve, three to minus eighteen, and four stars mean it can also freeze fresh food rather than only store what is already frozen. Storage times on food packets are keyed to this scale.
State the temperature a frozen-food compartment maintains, from one star at minus six degrees to three stars at minus eighteen.
Contexts: Electrical equipment
Add a fourth star for a compartment able to freeze fresh food rather than only store already-frozen food, which is a different capability rather than a colder setting.
Contexts: Electrical equipment
Are what the storage periods printed on frozen food packaging refer to, which is why the same packet gives several different keeping times.
Contexts: Electrical equipment
One to four small pointed star shapes printed in a row on or beside a freezer compartment.