Freezer bags
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Keep an assortment of sizes available and you'll be ready to freeze anything. If the box doesn't say "freezer" on the label don't use those bags for frozen food storage. The plastic bags that food is bought in at the grocery store is also not high enough quality for the freezer. Storage, snack and sandwich bags, for example, are not freezer quality.
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You can't just use any plastic bag to freeze food. Using the right bags helps keep your frozen food safe and protect the time and money you invested in your freezer meals. Once a product meets all these criteria we can call it a freezer quality storage container.Ī freezer bag is specifically designed to have all of these features. They should also be tasteless, grease and water proof, odorless, easy to seal, label and clean, durable and resistant to the low temperatures of the freezer. To find out how long chicken lasts, visit our chicken page.A good freezer container is moisture and vapor proof reducing the chances of freezer burn and oxidation, controlling odors and not affecting food. Another added benefit is that these bags are so tough that they can be boiled in a pot of water, making freezer to table a breeze on a busy night. Without air, your product shelf life is extended even further. This vacuum sealing system, FoodSaver V3835 Vacuum Food Sealer with SmartSeal Technology, eliminates air from touching your product. To go even further than freezer bags, consider vacuum sealed bags. If you have multiple bags to freeze at once, spread them throughout the freezer at first so that they will freeze quickly and then stack them once frozen. Lay bags flat into the freezer, stacking them when possible.Press the sealing strip to all but the last inch and then force the rest of the air out before completing the zip. Seal – when ready to seal, be sure to place your food at the bottom of the bag and then flatten the bag upward, forcing any (or as much as possible) excess air out of the bag.Be sure your food has cooled if it was hot, but never left out on the counter for any longer than two hours. You want the sealing strip clean in order to seal properly. For sauces or liquids, use a funnel so as not to contaminate the sealing strip. Purchase bags with “Freezer” specified in the label like these Ziploc Freezer Bags.For liquids, this means using a funnel to keep the sealing strip clean so that it will seal properly. Fresh meats have a relatively high moisture content and can suffer considerable quality and weight losses due to evaporation and drying during freezer storage if not wrapped in proper water-vapour-proof materials.įreezer bags are for use with cooled foods, placed inside without touching the opening. Packaging that is not freezer safe causes red meat color to begin turning grey or even green and causes oxidation and rancidity of fats resulting in an undesirable off-putting flavor.
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So, proper food storage has to do with oxygen content in the container (you do not want any in the bag to allow oxidation damage to the meat) and moisture containment within the container to prevent osmosis. The moisture will remain in your meat as it cannot easily escape through the plastic. Freezer bags are thicker and more protective therefore providing low water vapor permeability, meaning that moisture in the meat will be held there. Freezer bags, again when used correctly, can become a container that is as void of air as possible without the use of a vacuum sealer.
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There are two things you want to do when storing food in the freezer, keep it oxygen fee and keep the moisture inside of your food.