Freshness-preserving container for food with a low-pressure generating unit, and domestic refrigerator with such a freshness-preserving container

A freshness-preserving container for food, the freshness-preserving container comprising:

• a shell defining a front of the freshness-preserving container;
• a cover configured to be placed on and sealed to said shell;
• and
• a mechanically operating low-pressure generating unit for adjusting an air pressure in the freshness-preserving container being reduced as compared to an air pressure in a surrounding area outside of the freshness preserving container;
• said low-pressure generating unit having an actuation element being movable relative to the freshness-preserving container for suctioning air out of the freshness-preserving container as a function of a movement of said actuation element;
• said actuation element being accessible from said front of the freshness-preserving container and being configured to be actuated across said front of the freshness-preserving container;
• and
• said actuation element being constructed as a pusher to be gripped by a user, causing air to be automatically suctioned out of the freshness-preserving container as a function of a movement of said actuation element initiated by the user.