How to organize the fridge: tricks and what to use

Cheeses, vegetables, cured meats, containers of all kinds, drinks and much more: it is important to understand how organize the fridge to avoid wasting food forgotten in some remote point and make the most of the available space.

Keeping the fridge tidy is useful for many practical and hygienic reasons. First, it helps prevent it cross-contamination between foods and this is very important especially if there are people allergic to particular foods in the house. If foods are mixed, however, bacteria and germs can be transferred from one food to another, increasing the risk of foodborne illness.

Secondly, the tidy fridge allows you to store food properly, extending its life and preventing waste. If your refrigerator is organized, food is easier to find and less likely to expire because it’s forgotten in the back of the refrigerator.

Also, an organized refrigerator maximize available space and creates a more pleasing environment to the eye, improving the visual comfort of the kitchen. What might look like a full fridge may actually be just a messy fridge.

So, how to organize the fridge to the best? There are several practical solutions, starting with containers and organizers.

How to keep the fridge tidy

The first step for correct use of the fridge is keep it tidy. It seems simple, but sometimes just one misplaced object is enough to keep arranging foods, bottles and containers in a random way until you end up with messy fridge shelves.

The trick is divide food into categories. So, a shelf for cold cuts and cheeses, one for vegetables, one for fruit and one for drinks, for example. Obviously, the more space we have available, the greater the possibility of clearly separating the categories.

How to make the most of the shelves? Let’s start with some additions what can be done about them. There are special drawers designed to keep the fridge in order that are installed right on the removable shelves of the fridges.

An example? The drawers HapiLeap retractable fit directly on the shelves of the fridge: the design of the sliding rail ensures that the drawer opens and closes easily in order to maximize the space, making it immediately more tidy.

HapiLeap Refrigerator Drawers

Then there are the classics rectangular organizers which are positioned at the side of the refrigerator, where the sauces, small mouthfuls or pre-packaged sauces already opened are placed.

iDesign it is a small and deep kitchen organizer, storage unit, which can be positioned laterally, easy to insert and to take thanks to the handles.

iDesign Kitchen organizer Object holder

Finally, there are the refrigerator dividerssmall pieces of plastic that can be placed in refrigerators to divide food and bottles, deciding the distance between them.

Dreafly it works just like that, adjustable clip design, specially designed for the side compartment of the refrigerator.

Dreafly 4pcs Divisore Splint

How to organize the fridge with containers

The most practical way to organize the fridge is with the containers. In this way, it is possible to divide the food by category, but also to isolate it from any contamination by being able to open only one lid at a time.

Classic plastic refrigerator organizers can be even without a lid ma stackable. In this way, the containers that remain at the bottom are effectively closed, while those at the top remain open and are suitable for packaged food or fruit.

Organizers are an example of this Wake up space-saving, stackable on top of each other, useful for both the refrigerator and the freezer. The transparent design allows you to immediately see their contents and the rectangular shape lends itself to insert them in refrigerators of any size.

Organizer Frigorifero Diwoker

There are then containers of different sizes, however stackable, which allow you to store varying quantities of food. Consequently, in the larger containers, you can insert foods such as fruit or vegetables, while in the smaller ones there are less bulky foods, such as cheese, butter, frankfurters or similar.

JOSPL is a set of 7 refrigerator containers, in transparent PET material, of different sizes, stackable and each with its own lid.

JOSPL Set of 7 Refrigerator Containers

Organize the refrigerator for food

To guarantee the greatest possible freshness to specific foods, another possibility is to alternate, with generic containers, too food organizers. In fact, these are containers designed for specific foods that require different spaces. An example above all are the egg: instead of using the cartons in which they are usually sold, it is possible to use specific containers.

THATSRAD It is a 32-bay, double-layered plastic egg tray, which saves space and stores more eggs. The drawer design with grooves inside makes the eggs precisely divided into each other without touching.

THATSRAD Plastic Egg Holder

Similarly, you may need a solution to split i cured meatespecially if sliced ​​with the slicer.

GK is a set of boxes for cold cuts, stackable to save space with integrated serving plate. They can also be used as plates, therefore also useful for fresh cheeses.

GK Set of Boxes for Cold Cuts

Another category that requires its own space in the refrigerator is that of fruit and of vegetables. If there is no space dedicated to this type of food in the fridge, there are specific containers to keep them cool.

ARTECSIS is a container for fruit and vegetables with holes in the lid to allow air circulation thus prolonging the freshness of the products.

ARTECSIS Fruit and Vegetable Container