[Carolyn (OP)]

A friend of mine came over and was plundering in my fridge and noticed several cans of fruit chilling there.  She insisted that you should never put canned goods in the fridge until they are opened and that it was bad for the food. She couldn't give me any reasons why, only that she had heard it or read it somewhere.  Can someone tell me if this true?  Is it bad to refridgerate my cans of pineapples, peaches and pears? And if so, why?

[neilep]

Carolyn,

I am amazed at this !!..I too always keep canned fruits in the fridge.......sometimes I like to tuck into peaches and fruit-salad in the middle of the night and having it at room temperature makes it all yucky !!


I wonder if the coolness has a pressure effect on the inside of the can.....Even if it does..I can't see how it would affect it..

great question.....lets hope a passing ' tinned fruit in fridge' expert passes by and answers.

[DoctorBeaver]

I was always told you shouldn't leave opened tins in the fridge  []

[neilep]

I was always told you shouldn't leave opened tins in the fridge  []

I think this is because there will be oxidization on the cut edge of the tin...or something like that !!!

[Carolyn (OP)]

I never leave opened ones in the fridge.  As soon as I open them they go into a plastic container.

[Soul Surfer]

I think that this may be harking back many years when cans involved dipped tin plate and tin based solders to seal them Tin as an element exists in several allotropic forms one of which  (grey tin) is stable at low temperatures  (-10 deg c or below)  This is very weak structurally and tends to turn into powder.  Tins have failed in the past at low temperatures.  nowadays tins are mostly protected by a lacquer that stops them rusting and seals the tightly crimped joints so I don't think that the caution would apply