PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To freshly store a cooled substance such as food in a refrigerator with large change of temperature over a long period of time, and improve palatability by maturity.SOLUTION: The refrigerator normally operates keeping a predetermined temperature in the refrigerator in the range of cooling temperatures over a freezing point of the cooled substance, and temporarily overcools the cooled substance at the temperatures under the freezing point in some special cases.COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT【課題】温度変化の大きい冷蔵庫内の食品等の保冷品を長期間新鮮に保蔵し且つ熟成により美味しさを増加させる。【解決手段】通常時には冷蔵庫内の設定温度を保冷品の凍結点以上の冷蔵温度帯で運転し、有事時機に一時的に保冷品の凍結点以下の温度設定値で過冷却運転を行う。【選択図】図4