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Show me your fridge and I‘ll tell you who you are. Wait, I think this saying was about friends. Actually, when you think about it, a fridge is quite a good friend, especially in lockdown. It‘s something you can rely on at least 3 times a day, and it never disappoints. And you would be surprised how much a fridge can reveal about you, even beyond your eating habits!

German designer, photographer, and gluten-free, healthy food lover Sandra Juncker decided to peek into people’s fridges around the world to find out how much the contents of a fridge can tell about their lives.

What does your fridge tell about you? Let us know in the comments!

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Since 2012, people from London, Cape Town, Pretoria, Istanbul, Madrid, Paris, and Berlin have opened their fridges to the whole world, and this is the result so far―a colorful archive of fridges and their proud owners. These people are of different personalities, nationalities, cultures, traditions, ages, and social statuses and Juncker tried to capture the link between these factors and the contents of these people’s fridges.

“So what does this tell us about the people who use these fridges? Do we have a special system filling it? What belongs in our fridges and what do we eat? Is there any difference or similarity between different cultures, countries, ages, or flat sharing? Do we keep leftovers and how do we store them?” These are just a few of the questions Juncker was interested in when she started the project.

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Pretoria, South Africa, 2016

Pretoria, South Africa, 2016

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would like to clarify things on behalf people living in south africa, we do not keep cake mix, corn flour, stock cubes, green tea, oats and a bunch of other things in this picture in the fridge. We do not know this woman and why she does the things that she does.

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Letting someone into your fridge can be a very intimate moment as it can reveal more than just how often you eat your fruit and vegetables. It can show how well-organized and tidy you are, if you are vegetarian or vegan, and speak about your lifestyle in general. It seems inaccurate to judge people based on the contents of their fridge, but when you look through the list and spot the little details, you can kind of guess to whom they might belong. The biggest fridge packed with all sorts of pre-cooked meals belongs to a grandma, a secret compartment with chocolate probably prepared to spoil grandchildren belongs to an elderly German couple, a minimalist man with long hair has a fridge full of broccoli and other goods, a young couple from busy Paris has barely anything inside. If you are curious about what's inside other people's fridges, this ongoing series is right up your alley, but being able to see fridge owners in their usual environment makes this social experiment so much more interesting.

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London, United Kingdom, 2016

London, United Kingdom, 2016

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The project called “Show Me Your Fridge” is particularly important to the artist as she has become very invested in the global topics of food, modern trends of responsible handling, and waste.

According to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, around one-third or 1.3 billion tons of all food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted every year. Food waste in households often occurs due to poor purchase and meal planning, excess buying, confusion over “best before” and “use by” labels, and poor storage. Consequently, any food losses add up to water, land, energy, labor, and capital resources, whereas extensive and needless production causes global warming and climate change. We can do better, starting with our own fridges!

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London, United Kingdom, 2016

London, United Kingdom, 2016

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Is the towel in the fridge some kind of neat tip or trick I haven't heard of yet?

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E A M
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Some refrigerators drip like crazy (mine!). Keeping a towel in the bottom prevents the accumulation of water. You change it out when it's wet.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They both look so pissed off....probably because they don't have any food and they are hungry, and the socks and frocks they got at Christmas as gifts last year just weren't their style.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Artsy and trendy and probably more I would not guess about. I am not sure this is healful eating but there may be more on the cupboard shelves that add to the food consumption. This has nothing to do with the refrigerator, but these two do not strike me as a "couple." This is like some kind of art piece by a modern-day photographer. Altogether, it is odd.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I get mother/son vibes. They look pretty alike (even down to hairstyle!).

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Probably BFFs with broccoli guy. People like this annoys me to no end.

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jamie1707
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They look like very sensible people, perhaps a couple I could play bridge with? I don't know why, but I'd like to know them.

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Colleen Garland
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When I saw the fridge I thought...minimalists. Then I scrolled down. Nope.

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okpkpkp
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Must shop every day because there is no food in the fridge.

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Demongrrrrl
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's unhealthy to store eggs in the door of the fridge. Something about how the temperature is inconsistent.

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Andrew Gibb
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

a towel is genius during hot weather. They have a cut lemon as well- this can stop the cut apple from going off if dripped onto the exposed flesh. Soy sauce in the fridge is weird.

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When you have to hipster so hard you drape a towel in your fridge for "aesthetic"

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Yeah, that's a vegan activist fridge if I ever saw one...

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Ceredwyn Ealanta
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Genuinely, why? Scrolling down so many of them are just full of condiments. I can see a bunch of potential delicious dinners in here, as long as they have rice or pasta in dry storage.

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If you like this idea, you can also check what’s inside people’s wallets, ladies’ handbags, and even vehicles of various emergency services!

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Cape Town, South Africa, 2016

Cape Town, South Africa, 2016

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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is a very expensive fridge and by expensive I mean it's so old it is probably at least a new fridge a year in electricity.

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Istanbul, Turkey, 2013

Istanbul, Turkey, 2013

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I like how almost every item on the left side is either yellow, pink or red.

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Berlin, Germany, 2018

Berlin, Germany, 2018

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