Does it need to be kept frozen? Any reason it can't be stored in the refigerator
instead of the freezer? I Googled the question and can't find an answer. Thanks.

On 8/30/2012 5:48 PM, wrote:
> Does it need to be kept frozen? Any reason it can't be stored in the refigerator
> instead of the freezer? I Googled the question and can't find an answer. Thanks.
>


Okay, I'll play. Frozen juice concentrates (lemonade, limeade, orange
juice) are packaged in cardboard containers. I don't know about you but
I don't want to open the refrigerator and find sopping wet cardboard
sitting in a puddle of melted slush. YMMV.



Jill

On Aug 30, 2:49*pm, wrote:
> Does it need to be kept frozen? Any reason it can't be stored in the refigerator
> instead of the freezer? I Googled the question and can't find an answer. Thanks.

I asked on ask.com and got three replies and all three said yes. One
mentioned that the container would get soggy and then leak.

On Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:48:54 -0400, wrote:

>Does it need to be kept frozen? Any reason it can't be stored in the refigerator
>instead of the freezer? I Googled the question and can't find an answer. Thanks.

Thanks. For whatever reason, I missed the fact that the container is cardboard.
I should know about the sogginess from leaving it out on the counter to soften
up before I mixed it. I'll try to think a llittle more before asking another
question.

wrote:

> For whatever reason, I missed the fact that the container is cardboard.

You could always switch to one that's packaged in plastic.

> wrote in message
...
> Does it need to be kept frozen? Any reason it can't be stored in the
> refigerator
> instead of the freezer? I Googled the question and can't find an answer.
> Thanks.

Yes it needs to be frozen for long term storage. If you are going to use it
in a day or two then you could put it in the fridge.

On Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:48:54 -0400, wrote:

>Does it need to be kept frozen? Any reason it can't be stored in the refigerator
>instead of the freezer? I Googled the question and can't find an answer. Thanks.


I've kept it in the fridge or up to a week. Could probably stay
longer and be OK. The concentrate is frozen for long shelf life. It
is processed in season and can be kept for a long time until the
consumer needs it.

As for being in a cardboard container, I've never had one leak.

Ed Pawlowski wrote:

> I've kept it in the fridge or up to a week. Could probably stay
> longer and be OK. The concentrate is frozen for long shelf life. It
> is processed in season and can be kept for a long time until the
> consumer needs it.
>
> As for being in a cardboard container, I've never had one leak.

Aren't those containers lined with foil and plastic film in the inside like
tetrapak? It would be crazy to put liquids in cardboard containers without
some inner lining.

"ViLco" > wrote in message
...
> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
>> I've kept it in the fridge or up to a week. Could probably stay
>> longer and be OK. The concentrate is frozen for long shelf life. It
>> is processed in season and can be kept for a long time until the
>> consumer needs it.
>>
>> As for being in a cardboard container, I've never had one leak.
>
> Aren't those containers lined with foil and plastic film in the inside
> like tetrapak? It would be crazy to put liquids in cardboard containers
> without some inner lining.

Yes.

Julie Bove wrote:

>>> As for being in a cardboard container, I've never had one leak.

>> Aren't those containers lined with foil and plastic film in the
>> inside like tetrapak? It would be crazy to put liquids in cardboard
>> containers without some inner lining.

> Yes.

So there's no reason to worry about them getting soggy

"ViLco" > wrote in message
...
> Julie Bove wrote:
>
>>>> As for being in a cardboard container, I've never had one leak.
>
>>> Aren't those containers lined with foil and plastic film in the
>>> inside like tetrapak? It would be crazy to put liquids in cardboard
>>> containers without some inner lining.
>
>> Yes.
>
> So there's no reason to worry about them getting soggy

Oh they will get soggy. I don't know if they will leak though.

On 8/31/2012 4:33 AM, ViLco wrote:
> Julie Bove wrote:
>
>>>> As for being in a cardboard container, I've never had one leak.
>
>>> Aren't those containers lined with foil and plastic film in the
>>> inside like tetrapak? It would be crazy to put liquids in cardboard
>>> containers without some inner lining.
>
>> Yes.
>
> So there's no reason to worry about them getting soggy
>
>
Considering I haven't purchased frozen (any) juice concentrate in at
least 20 years, I never thought about there being an additional lining.
Lining or not, since I don't dole out spoonfuls of juice at a time I'd
keep it frozen until ready to mix with water. But then, I don't cook
with lemonade

Jill

On Fri, 31 Aug 2012 09:49:12 +0200, "ViLco" > wrote:

>Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
>> I've kept it in the fridge or up to a week. Could probably stay
>> longer and be OK. The concentrate is frozen for long shelf life. It
>> is processed in season and can be kept for a long time until the
>> consumer needs it.
>>
>> As for being in a cardboard container, I've never had one leak.
>
>Aren't those containers lined with foil and plastic film in the inside like
>tetrapak? It would be crazy to put liquids in cardboard containers without
>some inner lining.

This is true, but still when refilled and refrozen a couple three
times they tend to leak where crimped at the metal bottom. Even if
someone needed some frozen concentrate to use as flavoring in a
recipe, ie. lemon cake, they still would mix the remainder with water
to use as a beverage... it's not like those itty bitty cans make up
gallons.

Sqwertz wrote:

>> Aren't those containers lined with foil and plastic film in the
>> inside like tetrapak? It would be crazy to put liquids in cardboard
>> containers without some inner lining.

> They have a thin, waxy-plastic coating on the inside, but that's
> usually it. It's not meant to be a sterile packaging like TetraPak
> since it's kept frozen.

Horrible, and only to save the license money to Tetrapak... here those
containers would be out of the market in a month

Sqwertz wrote:

>> Horrible, and only to save the license money to Tetrapak... here
>> those containers would be out of the market in a month

> They work for what they do. Been that way since the 40's when FCOJ
> was invented. TetraPaks have a bad reputation here for filling up the
> landfills.

Tetrapak *is* recyclable, in fact it *is* recycled in most of Europe
including Italy, so if it ends filling up the landfills the issue is in the
recycling system

> That doesn't stop some manufacturers from putting kids
> drinks in them where the packaging costs more than the contents. AKA
> Juice Boxes.

Here lots of things are in tetrapak, from beans (tetrapak boxed instead of
canned) to OJ to broth to almost everything liquid.

On Thu, 30 Aug 2012 21:55:52 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Thu, 30 Aug 2012 22:37:42 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
>> As for being in a cardboard container, I've never had one leak.
>
>Either have I. It get soft, but doesn't leak. I open partially
>thawed juice concentrates and just make a glass at a time, leaving the
>rest in the fridge. Then use it over the next couple days.

That's typical illogical squirtz BS. Normal brained folks would mix
the entire itty bitty can for a beverage and store that the fridge,
NOT mix up one glass at a time... odds are sqwertz has never used
frozen juice.

On 31/08/2012 5:49 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Aug 2012 21:55:52 -0500, Sqwertz >
> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 30 Aug 2012 22:37:42 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>
>>> As for being in a cardboard container, I've never had one leak.
>>
>> Either have I. It get soft, but doesn't leak. I open partially
>> thawed juice concentrates and just make a glass at a time, leaving the
>> rest in the fridge. Then use it over the next couple days.
>
> That's typical illogical squirtz BS. Normal brained folks would mix
> the entire itty bitty can for a beverage and store that the fridge,
> NOT mix up one glass at a time... odds are sqwertz has never used
> frozen juice.
>


I am relatively normal. We have an open can of orange juice concentrate
in the freezer. Neither my wife nor I drink orange juice, but we
sometimes need some for a recipe, usually the one for orange oven fried
chicken. That calls for some concentrate to be mixed with eggs for
dipping before the crumbs.

In article >,
wrote:

> Does it need to be kept frozen? Any reason it can't be stored in the
> refigerator
> instead of the freezer? I Googled the question and can't find an answer.
> Thanks.

My rule is to store things in the same manner in which they are sold.
I.e., produce from the refrigerated section, refrigerated; produce sold
at room temp, at room temp; frozen food, frozen. The high amount of
sugar in the lemonade concentrate means it doesn't usually freeze very
solid -- and if it does, it takes not much time for it to thaw for
mixing. My fi'ty cents.
--
Barb,
http://www.barbschaller.com, as of July 25, 2012

On Fri, 31 Aug 2012 07:10:37 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

>In article >,
> wrote:
>
>> Does it need to be kept frozen? Any reason it can't be stored in the
>> refigerator
>> instead of the freezer? I Googled the question and can't find an answer.
>> Thanks.
>
>My rule is to store things in the same manner in which they are sold.
>I.e., produce from the refrigerated section, refrigerated; produce sold
>at room temp, at room temp; frozen food, frozen. The high amount of
>sugar in the lemonade concentrate means it doesn't usually freeze very
>solid -- and if it does, it takes not much time for it to thaw for
>mixing. My fi'ty cents.

Frozen juices are packaged in itty bitty cans because folks mix the
entire amount at once, no one uses frozen concentrate to make one
serving at a time... even if I needed some concentrate for a recipe I
still would mix the remainder with water, and vodka... (preservative!)
Btw, tinned foods (once opened) should not be stored in their tin,
transfer to glass or plastic. I once saved up a bunch of frozen juice
concentrate cardboard cans for making ice pops, most can only be used
once as during freezing the crimp at the metal bottom opens.