Collection: Long Term Food Storage

Some times you will have food or produce that you want to put into long term food storage. It may be something you buy in bulk really cheap like a 20Kg bag of rice, sugar, flour, or nuts. Stored in the right bag these products can go into storage for 10 - 20 years.  Also it might be a crop that you have dehydrated or freeze dried, these will store well for 10 - 20 years in A mylar bag, stand up pouch. By putting an oxygen absorber in the Mylar bag with the product it will absorb the oxygen that causes food to decay. The nitrogen is left in the bag which assists with the preservation of the food. The Mylar bags are thicker than a standard or heavy duty vacuum bag so they will take a bit of sealing up which can be done with a vacuum sealer but you may have to press seal a few times unless it is a lava vacuum sealer with and adjustable heat dial. Also people use hair driers but the easiest way is to use a purpose built Impulse Sealer. So the Mylar bag will stop moisture, light, air, and vermin, due to its thickness of 4.5mil. It will store well as it was a gusset base which turns it into a stand up pouch and when you want to use the product it has a built in zip lock so if you do not use it all it can be closed off again.

We also supply the Dorency oxygen absorbers in 200cc and 500cc to be used in side the mylar bag. Ans we supply a good quality Impulse Sealer suitable for sealing our Mylar bags.

If this all seems like a lot of hassle you can also try our Black food vacuum rolls. The idea there is that they act exactly like a vacuum bags so you can remove all the air and the black color keeps light out. There is no need for oxygen absorbers and the rolls now come in 100 micron thick so they are more air and moisture resistant than before. We however thing food will keep as long with this method because of the lack of nitrogen but if you are looking at 5 - 6 years then this is maybe an easier option.