Five common foods you should 'never' keep in the fridge

It turns out that you may have been storing food incorrectly, and what you think goes in the fridge, may actually belong outside of it. The experts at Which? have taken to Instagram to share the five “surprising things you should not keep in your fridge" - and if you think cucumbers belong in the fridge, it turns out you are wrong.

If you want your food to last - then act now before you ruin them. The expert says: "It’s best not to keep your cucumbers in the fridge.

"Cold conditions can cause the skin to shrivel up on the end inside to become soft instead to store them in a cupboard or in a bowl on the counter top."

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Tomatoes, just like cucumbers, are affected by the low temperatures which "can change the texture and most importantly, the taste of the tomato." The onion is another common cooking ingredient that needs to be kept away from the fridge. The expert asked: "Have you ever noticed how your onions turned soft and mouldy?"

They then continued: "When you keep them in the fridge that’s caused by moisture in your fridge instead store somewhere cool and dry. You can keep sliced or cut onions in the fridge though just make sure they’re kept in a sealed container.

"Keeping bread in the fridge can dehydrate your loaf leaving you with stale testing slices. Keep it in a bread bin and instead any bread you will not use can be sliced and stored in your freezer and brought back to life in the toaster or under the grill", the expert notes.

In their fifth and final point, you need to be careful with which fruits go in your fridge - and which go in your bowl. "Some fruit is fine to keep in the fridge like small berries or citrus fruit fruits but don’t waste the space on keeping bananas in there.

"Bananas will turn black if you store them in the fridge. Instead keep your bananas somewhere nice and cool in a cupboard or in your usual fruit bowl."

According to marthastewart.com Matthew Yee, chef at Farm to the People, has stressed that storing an onion in the fridge causes the onion to convert starch to sugar. If this happens, it can make your onions go soft or soggy.

Talking about storing and freezing food safely, Food Standards Agency says that you need to ensure "your fridges and freezers are set to the recommended temperatures. Fridges and chilled display equipment should be set at 8˚C or below as a legal requirement. A freezer should be -18°C."