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Food Vacuum Sealers are an excellent way to preserve your foods. Not only can vacuum sealers extend food shelf life by up to 5 times, they also extend food quality by protecting against freezer burn. Buying food in bulk and preserving it in a vacuum seal will save you money.
Shelf life of vacuum packaged foods
| Food | Stored In | Normal Shelf Life | Vacuum Shelf Life | | Large cuts of meat: beef, poultry, lamb and pork | Freezer | 6 months | 2-3 years | | Ground meat: beef, poultry, lamb and pork | Freezer | 4 months | 1 year | | Fish | Freezer | 6 months | 2 years | | Coffee beans | Room temperature | 4 weeks | 16 months | | Coffee beans | Freezer | 6-9 months | 2-3 years | | Berries: strawberries, raspberries, blackberries | Refrigerator | 1-3 days | 1 week | | Berries: cranberries, huckleberries, blueberries | Refrigerator | 3-6 days | 2 weeks | | Cheese | Refrigerator | 1-2 weeks | 4-8 months | | Cookies, crackers | Room temperature (periodically opening) | 1-2 weeks | 3-6 weeks | | Flour, sugar, rice | Room temperature | 6 months | 1-2 years | | Lettuce | Refrigerator | 3-6 days | 2 weeks | | Nuts | Room temperature | 6 months | 2 years | | Oils with no preservatives, like safflower, canola, corn oil | Room temperature | 5-6 months | 1-1.5 years | | Wine | Refrigerator | 1-3 weeks | 2-4 months |
Above table adapted by Tilia Inc. from Dr. G.K.York, Dept. of Food Science & Tech, U of California, Davis.
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