Remove gunk from your fridge with 1 unexpected item

Keeping your fridge clean is crucial for food hygiene but it can be hard to get into the nooks and crannies. You won’t want to open the door of your fridge or freezer to find mould or dirt in the same places as your food.

While you might often wipe your fridge down, it’s important to make sure you give it a deeper clean regularly. There’s one item that could help you clean your fridge properly – and you might already have it at home. Good Housekeeping has shared its top tips for getting the job done properly.

Good Housekeeping says: “Don’t forget you can put the shelves and salad drawers in the dishwasher to get them really clean. 

“Use a toothpick to remove food residue that has collected in the join between the surface of the shelf and the surround. And make sure the drainage hole at the back is gunk- free using a cotton bud.

“Lining the salad drawers with kitchen towel will also make it easier to remove veggie debris in between cleans.”

A cotton bud is an item you’ll likely already have at home and it’s perfect for getting into the smaller rubber parts of your fridge.

If you don’t already have some at home, cotton buds are an affordable purchase and one you can find plenty of uses for in your house. You should aim to deep-clean your fridge two to four times a year. 

Which Magazine says: “Smells and stains are bad enough, but the presence of harmful bacteria in many fridges should be a wake-up call to set aside some time to clean your fridge.”

When you deep clean, you should aim to do it at a point when there’s as little food in the fridge as possible. For example, you might want to choose to do your deep clean before going to do your weekly food shop.

By using this easy method in your home, you can make sure your fridge stays in great condition and you’ll keep any harmful bacteria away from your food.