Storing Dehydrated Food

For Long-Term Storage

Get the Gloves On!

Wear Latex Gloves so that you don't transfer germs from your hands to the food. (There are latex-free gloves available if you're allergic to latex).

I use these latex gloves more than once; I wash my hands while wearing them in the kitchen sink, dry them off on a clean towel, and then drape them over my dish draining rack – so the latex gloves are ready for another use.

We're almost ready for storing dehydrated food! When the dehydrating is done and after a day or overnight of conditioning it's time to vacuum seal your fruits and vegetables!

Save Money – Vacuum Seal Food
and Store Dehydrated Food for the Long-Term

Storing Dehydrated Food in Mylar Bags

After Vacuum-Sealing Individual Packages

If you're going to store your vacuum-packed foods in Mylar bags, first thing to do is vacuum seal your dehydrated fruits and vegetables in the food vacuum sealer bags.

Then they are stored in the Mylar bags, with NO air removal necessary from the Mylar bags, as the air has already been vacuumed out when you created the vacuum-sealed bags with the oxygen absorbers in them. There are ready-made food vacuum sealer bags — there's even food-vacuum-sealer-rolls available to make the perfect-length-bag to suit!

Use Mason Jars for Daily/Weekly Usage

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Mylar Bags, Bins, and Buckets –

Safely Store Dehydrated Food in Spare Closets, or the Garage!

This is the tip I referred to earlier, about lessening punctured bags: I choose to wrap up my vacuum-packed packages with cheap plastic wrap, to keep sharp edges from puncturing our packets - and then they go into the Mylar bags.

Mylar bags are made from a polyester film and are very shiny in appearance; they are very tough and tear-resistant and are ideal for long-term food packaging. They provide an extra layer of protection to our individual food packets.

And for final storage in a garage, for instance, you can then put the Mylar bags in plastic lidded bins or feed buckets with lids. Easy to move, water-proof, bug-proof, and air-tight!

Our Great Wall of ... Dehydrated Food and Canned Goods!

This is how you create space where there is none!  Click this link to see progress on our 8' span of shelving! shown in the photo. Just the ticket! Don't forget to check out our optional way of protecting our dehydrated food vacuum sealed packages by reading the Plastic Wrap Guide.

When you're ready to get busy storing dehydrated food, pretty much all of the items mentioned can be found at Amazon.com — so no worries there!) For those of you who have written in asking about storing dry goods, take a look at this page for how to store flour, salt, and sugar.

Click on the Items Below to Read and Learn More About them on EFD!

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