Why do my salads freeze in my fridge?

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My husband makes about 12 salads each week, puts them in rubbermaid containers and stores them in the fridge for us to take with lunches during the week. Each salad usually consists of romaine lettuce, mushrooms, cucumbers and red pepper. There is no dressing on them (it's added later).

We had a refrigerator that was about 5 years old - it was a cheap model - and we noticed that our salads kept freezing (when you opened one of the rubbermaid containers, the tomatoes and the lettuce would be frozen and visible frost would be present). Sometimes eggs froze, too, so we bought a new, higher end model fridge and put the old one in the basement.

But wait! Our salads are freezing again. Not the eggs, or anything else. And the settings are correct - the food is a normal cold temperature based on manuufacturer recommendations - we even checked with a thermometer.

What could be going on? Are the vegetables against me? =)

Answer 1

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You are probably placing the salads where the cold air is comming from the freezer. Move the salads away from the air duct and keep them towards the front of the shelf. They will take a day or two to thaw if they are already frozen so don't think moveing them has not worked if you still have something frozen before then.

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Answer 2

just turn the temperature down some more...

Answer 3

Well maybe try leaving the cucumber out and put it in ziplock bag. If that still wont help store the containers as low as possible in the fridge If you put them to high they might get to much cold air or maybe even if possible put them in the door. hope this helps.

Answer 4

2 possible solutions: (1) Put the veggies in a different part of the fridge. Some areas are colder. I believe the lower areas are coldest. (2) Adjust the thermastat up a bit.
As to why it could freeze when your thermometer didn't show it freezing, you have to understand that the cooling is on a cycle. If you set the fridge to 34 degrees, it waits until it's like 37 degrees then starts the cooling motor and gets it down to 30 or 31 before turning off.

Answer 5

my first instinct is to tell you to turn yuor tempurture down but you have it set according to the manufactuers recommendations. well i personally would turn it down some and see if that helps,being carefull not to turn it down to low. other then that do you believe in ghosts. or maybe the vegetables are against you. got me. good luck. one more comment do you have kids that are pranksters and dont like salads.

Answer 6

If your salads are freezing in the the fridge the area they are in must be below 32degrees raise the tempt control up a little bit. sometimes if stuff is packed tight against the wall of a refrigerator or too tightly together it can limit the air flow and cause stuff to be colder or warmer than the fridge is set at.

Answer 7

You might need to adjust the temp a little more. Also, things kept on the top shelf in the back will sometimes freeze since this is the coldest area of the fridge. Move the salads to the bottom shelf. See if that helps.

Answer 8

Check the humidity level