Food Vacuum Sealer Bags
For Storing Dehydrated Food

You need food vacuum sealer bags for sealing and storing your dehydrated food. We can purchase them in varying sizes, and thicknesses... so make sure you purchase ones that are at least 3-mil thick.

See two of the most-often used sizes of food vacuum-sealer bags in the Amazon images below.

100 Pint Size (6"x10")
Vacuum-Sealer Bags

100 Quart Size (8"x12")
Vacuum-Sealer Bags

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For Food Vacuum-Sealer Bags, Thicker is Better

Look closely at your vacuum-sealer bag: One side of the bag is smooth, and the other side is 'textured'. This is to enable the food-vacuum-sealer to draw the air out.

And no, it doesn't matter which side up they go on the vacuum sealer machine!

Make sure you select good food vacuum sealer bags for storing your dehydrated food—SAFELY! Thin ones can puncture easily.

Any thinner than 3-mil ... you may get some brittle foods puncturing your bags after the vacuuming! And we don't want that to happen.

The size of vacuum-sealer bags I use are 6" x 10".

Just a Quick Note About Mylar Bags...

Mylar Bags Are Smooth... So What? Read On!

This was brought to my attention by my Realtor-friend, Bev Miller, who was trying so hard to vacuum her Mylar bags.

She discovered it won't work because the Mylar bags' surface is SMOOTH! She's so smart!

60 1 Gallon ShieldPro Mylar Bags 10”x14” &
60 300cc Oxygen Absorbers (in packs of 20)

1 Gallon Genuine Mylar Bags 10”x14”
(no oxygen absorbers)

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NOTE:
We don’t VACUUM the Mylar bags, but we DO use the sealing element
of the Food Sealer machine to seal the Mylar bags.

The Mylar bags are simply containers of two, three, or four
of our vacuum-sealed packages.

Please read more about Mylar bags here.

Now Back to the Food Vacuum Sealer Bags

We Need The Texture!

As mentioned earlier, we need the textured side of the food vacuum sealer bags to allow the air to be drawn out!  :-) Without these tiny textured bumps, it's pretty much impossible to draw the air out.

When the bag has been vacuumed, it's still being held tightly inside the FoodSaver machine, so don't worry about air making its way back inside the bag. The oxygen absorber will draw out any smidgens of 'stray' oxygen still lingering inside the bag.

DON'T forget to add your oxygen absorber in the bag prior to drawing the air out!

I order the food vacuum sealer bags we use over the internet and shipped right to our door—via Amazon.

Click on the images at the very top of this page; or you can purchase your bags in your local superstore.

Fill Your Bags Easily With a Canning Funnel

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To aid in filling the bags, I use a canning funnel.

They are relatively inexpensive and come in very handy whether you are filling your plastic vacuum bags or the mason jars.

See the two side-by-side photos above, showing how best to grasp the bag onto the funnel base. With a bit of practice, you'll soon get the hang of it! It makes filling your jars and bags "a breeze."

Susan Gast began Easy Food Dehydrating in December 2010. Read Susan's story of what sparked her interest in all things related to "food dehydrating."

Susan is featured on Mother Earth News blog, and on Solo Build It (SBI) who host this site along with her sister site, Finally-Keto. Read her first SBI interview, and her second SBI interview. Susan also runs an additional SBI website: SusanGast.com - Non-Fiction Author - and showcases many of the books she's created and marketed over the years.

Since 1980, Susan's involvement in publishing - in one form or another - led her to create a "review site" of products related to the publishing industry. Visit ePubTechReviews today.

Do you want to send Susan a quick message? Visit her contact page here. She'd love to hear from you!

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