Food safety · Food and eating
keep refrigerated
store in a fridge
Keep refrigerated means store the food in a fridge to keep it safe and fresh.
This vs that
Keep refrigerated after opening.
Check the best-before date.
Hear it in real life
Can I leave the cream on the counter?
No, it says keep refrigerated.
The label says to keep refrigerated after opening.
Which sounds natural?
Psst — which one would you actually say?
This is the standard short instruction on packaging and in everyday speech.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: Keep refrigerate after opening.
Say: Keep refrigerated after opening.
Use the past participle 'refrigerated' after 'keep' on labels.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
keep refrigerated; keep opened food refrigerated
Phrases to borrow
More for talking about food safety.
check the use-by date
Check the use-by date before you open it.
keep it in the fridge
Keep it in the fridge once you've opened it.
Food safety words
Food and eating · Food safety: the words around “keep refrigerated”.
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Your turn: say it out loud
It says to keep it refrigerated.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
keep refrigerated
store in a fridge
“The label says to keep refrigerated after opening.”
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