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Frische

Frische is a German noun meaning freshness, the quality or state of being new, recently produced, or not stale. It is used to describe tangible things like food, plants, or air, as well as more abstract qualities such as vitality. Common phrases include Frische Luft (fresh air), Frische Lebensmittel (fresh foods), and Frischetheke (the counter for fresh products). In commerce, Frische signals not only that goods are recently produced, but that they have been handled in ways that preserve quality, such as via quick cooling or short storage times; indicators like best-before dates or production times are often used in conjunction.

Etymology: Frische is derived from the adjective frisch, meaning fresh; the noun form expresses the abstract

In everyday use, the term is ubiquitous in the food retail sector, hospitality, and environmental contexts.

See also: freshness, frisch.

notion
of
newness
and
immediacy.
The
concept
is
shared
with
related
Germanic
languages,
where
equivalents
of
fresh
denote
similar
notions
of
vitality
and
recency.
It
contrasts
with
terms
for
processed,
aged,
or
preserved
goods,
such
as
konserviert
(preserved)
or
abgestanden
(stale)
in
specific
contexts,
and
with
terms
that
denote
temperature
control
(kühl,
also
cold-chain).