Susan Gast, Author
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A Quick Pictorial
Here's an easy plastic wrap guide—in pictures! Why use it after dehydrating and storing food? It helps protect sharp/crisp dehydrated foods from puncturing other bags while inside the Mylar bags.
Read the descriptive steps below the photos a little further down the page.
When you have dehydrated your food, it can become brittle and pretty sharp. Just give a quick tap on any of your dehydrated food bags after vacuum-sealing. You'll see that they're pretty hard, right?
TIP: Always use good quality food vacuum sealer bags. Check out the Amazon suppliers link(s) on the vacuum bags'
page at Amazon.
We do the plastic wrapping to prevent the dehydrated food packets from puncturing the bag that's next to it inside the Mylar bag. Follow the pictorial guide, coming up!
Some dehydrated fruit and vegetables may need this optional protection—and it's easy to do—as shown in the eight photographs.
Step 1 - Fold the excess vacuum bag top underneath
Step 2 - Pull out 2 ft approx. plastic wrap. Place the folded package down with the bag's fold facing the newly torn wrap edge (that's on your left)
Step 3 - Fold the wrap over the top
Step 4 - Continue folding/wrapping the package to your right
Step 5 - Fold excess 'wings' see the dotted line!
Step 6 - From bottom upwards...
Step 7 - ... and fold the top wing down
Step 8 - Turn your package over so you can see your hand-written contents on the vacuum bag through the wrap!
TIP: When you have taken out a packet of dehydrated food to use, don't throw away the plastic wrap!
Instead, wrap it around an old cardboard paper-towel roll tube or fold the plastic wrap gently—and USE IT AGAIN!
Fold back about 1/2" of it from the edge so you can use it as a "tab" ... no more picking at the edge to FIND the edge! I do the same thing for scotch-tape!
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Why wrap vacuum-sealed packages in plastic wrap?
Wrapping helps cushion sharp corners and edges of vacuum-sealed dehydrated food so they don’t puncture other bags inside Mylar storage.
Can I reuse the plastic wrap after opening a food packet?
Yes! Just fold it gently and store it on a cardboard tube or with a folded tab. It's a great way to reduce waste and save money.
Will plastic wrap affect the vacuum seal or food freshness?
No. Plastic wrap is applied after vacuum sealing, so it doesn’t interfere with the seal or the oxygen absorber or desiccant packet’s effectiveness.
Is it necessary to wrap all vacuum-sealed items?
It's optional but recommended for long-term storage—especially for hard, brittle items like dehydrated root vegetables or meat jerky, which can have sharp edges.
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