6 products that you should store better in the refrigerator

Say wine, snacks or haute cuisine and the gourmands at online food magazine FavorFlav know where to drink, how to eat it and what to cook. This time our cheffies serve you: 6x you can better store this cool.

For many products, the rule is: where you find it in the store, you can also store it at home. Never put your delicious fresh tomatoes in the fridge, for example. But for some things, this rule doesn't always apply. There are a number of groceries that surprisingly keep better cool at home.

I store apples in the fridge: not because I have to, but because I find a cold apple so refreshing in the summer. And what about these products, and why you should definitely keep them cold?

Ketchup
At any random burger joint, you'll find ketchup right on the table. But that's probably because they go through it at lightning speed there. At home, you can better store ketchup in the fridge to guarantee its fresh sweetness. Not that bacteria outside the cooling get a chance to spoil your ketchup quickly, the acidity is too high for that.

Ripe bananas
Okay, we don't completely agree on this in the editorial office, but believe me: unless you're on your way to a homemade banana bread, you can better keep ripe bananas cold to stop the ripening process. This way, you can still enjoy a perfect banana the next day without it becoming completely mushy and soft. If they have already reached that point, you know what to do with those overripe bananas: bake them! And green bananas: you can eat those too.

Flaxseed
Good for digestion and rich in Omega-3 fatty acids and vitamins. The broken form, which is best digested by the body, seems to be better stored cool and sealed. If it oxidizes (faster) at room temperature, it can spoil and lose its good properties.

Almond flour
With almond flour, you can bake deliciously, but don't be mistaken about the high calorie content and assume it will be super healthy. Nope. From experience, we can also report that almond flour that is stored too long (outside the cooling) starts to smell stale and rancid. You can't bake anything tasty with that, believe us. But the properties of the good fats and also the vitamin E it contains can be extended by placing it (again airtight) in the fridge.

Maple syrup
If you manage to get a jar or bottle of high-quality maple syrup from Canada or the US, it doesn't hurt to store it in the fridge. Unlike honey, this maple syrup can spoil and mold. Keep your next pancake breakfast safe; in the fridge with that syrup.

Dates
Dates, available in more varieties than you might think, are dried for a shorter time than apricots, figs, or other stone fruit friends. This makes them more susceptible to spoilage, and that would be a shame. Colleague Steffi likes to eat them as a snack sliced open with a bit of peanut butter and you can also make delicious cookies and bars with dates. It doesn't hurt to store them in the fridge so they don't dry out and lose their flavor. If you want to eat or serve them at room temperature, just take them out in time.