How long does Cherimoya last in the fridge?
Turning the range into a date
Cherimoya keeps until ripe on the counter, then 4 days in the fridge. The window here is 4 days, short enough that the day it went in is worth writing down.
- In the freezerUse by10 months to 12 months after the day you stored it
- In the fridgeUse by4 days after the day you stored it
One of the largest freezer gains in the data
Freezing pays off here more than it does for 85% of the 179 foods where the USDA publishes both figures. The freezer gives 90 times what the refrigerator gives: 4 days against 12 months. On the same shelf it sits 75 of 89, between Avocados at 4 days and Guava at 4 days.
Every storage figure the USDA publishes for this item
The USDA gives this item no pantry time in days: the 2 figures that carry numbers are all cold ones, and the pantry slot is answered in words instead. Within Produce it is filed under Fresh Fruits.
- In the freezer10 months to 12 months
- In the pantryUntil ripe
- In the fridge4 days
Where the USDA answers in words instead of days
1 of the nine slots the USDA keeps for this item holds an answer that is not a number, and an answer in words is still an answer: in the pantry it answers Until ripe, so the clock is the fruit's own ripening rather than a count of days.
What the USDA adds in words
The USDA attaches 2 handling notes to this item, reproduced below word for word. None of them is a storage time: they qualify the figures above rather than replacing them. These are the source's own sentences, not ours, and they are the part of the FoodKeeper record that a table of durations cannot carry.
In the refrigerator. Timeline for refrigerator applies to ripe fruit.
In the pantry. Ripe is when this item is tender, fully developed and ready to eat.
Can you freeze cherimoya?
Yes. The USDA gives cherimoya 10–12 months in the freezer, and held at 0 °F food stays safe beyond that: the figure is about quality. Most produce goes soft when thawed, so frozen it suits cooking, smoothies and sauces rather than eating raw.
How to tell if cherimoya has gone bad
Go by the date first: cherimoya keeps until ripe, then 4 days in the fridge. Mold, slime, a sour smell or soft dark spots mean it goes out; firm produce can be saved by cutting 1 inch around a small moldy spot, soft produce cannot.
Sources: USDA FSIS: the danger zone USDA FSIS: freezing and food safety USDA FSIS: molds on food FDA: are you storing food safely FoodSafety.gov: the FoodKeeper app.
Is it still safe to eat, or just past its best?
The answer at the top of this page reads 4 days in the fridge. What decides that is the food and not the shelf the source files it on: Cherimoya is raw and whole. Past it, whether it has gone bad is yours to judge by look and smell: this window rates quality, not the day it turns hazardous.
It is past the date. Now what?
Say the calculator above puts Cherimoya past its 4 days in the fridge window. Past that the calendar stops deciding and the food itself does. Mold, a slimy or sticky surface, soft or darkened spots, or a sour smell mean it goes out whatever the date says.
The whole rule, including the cases the source does not cover, is set out under what to do when the date has passed.
The two sides of that multiplier are not the same dish
The 90× multiplier on this page is drawn across a change of preparation: the source's note on the refrigerator figure reads "Timeline for refrigerator applies to ripe fruit". It divides 12 months frozen by 4 days in the fridge, and those two are not the same dish. A multiplier whose sides are different preparations is worth printing only with the source's own scope note beside it.
Items that behave the same way
All 6 of the 6 items nearest this item keep exactly as long as it does, 4 days, so the ranking around it is a tie rather than an order.
Where these numbers come from
Every storage time on this page is the USDA’s own published figure from the FoodKeeper data, one of the 9 it keeps per food, reproduced unchanged and never an estimate of ours. Where the USDA lists several kinds under one name, each kind keeps its own windows, and the page names the kind its answer is for. The dates and multipliers are ours, computed from those ranges.
Source: USDA FoodKeeper, retrieved 1 September 2026. Found a figure that does not match the source? Tell us on the contact page. How the site is built is on the method page.
KeepsUntil is an independent reference built on public USDA data. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the U.S. Department of Agriculture or the Food and Drug Administration. Whether a given window is a safety limit or a quality window is stated on the page that prints it.