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Keep dry goods in tightly sealed containers
Keep pasta, rice and legumes in tightly sealed tins or jars so pests can't get into your pantry supplies.
- Time
- ⏱ 5 min
- Difficulty
- ◆ easy
What you need
- Tightly sealing tins or preserving jars
How to do it
- Transfer the dry goods into tightly sealable tins or preserving jars.
- Store them in a cool, dark place, which suits most foods.
Why it works
Microorganisms need water to multiply, and dry products offer very little of it.
Sources
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- verbraucherzentrale.de (opens in a new tab)
Lagern Sie trockene Produkte in dicht verschlossenen Dosen oder Gläsern, sodass keine Schädlinge die Produkte befallen können.
Das liegt daran, dass Mikroorganismen Wasser benötigen, um sich zu vermehren, was in Trockenprodukten aber schlecht verfügbar ist.
