All about vacuum-packed meat

To keep the freshness and usefulness of food products as long as possible, for this you need to use modern storage methods. Recently, one of these methods is the storage of food products in vacuum packaging. So you can store raw meat, fish, as well as cheeses, cottage cheese, greens. At the same time, the products remain fresh and usable for a much longer time. It is worth noting that any meat refers to products that quickly deteriorate, so its storage should be treated with special responsibility.

Many housewives like to buy perishable food in vacuum packaging, including meat. Thanks to modern methods, meat can be stored for a longer period in a suitable form even not in the freezer, but in the general sections of the refrigerator. In a vacuum package, it can safely lie several times longer than in a regular bag.

Air is pumped out of such a package by the meat product manufacturer, and then it is sealed. Under rarefaction, the bacteria remaining in the bag die, and from the external environment they cannot get inside the package. As a result no harmful effects occur with the product in vacuum packaging. If the packaging is accidentally damaged, the product that is in it will begin to deteriorate much faster due to air entering it with a whole set of harmful bacteria that will begin to multiply actively.

We list the advantages of vacuum packaging.

• Even after 12 months of storing meat in the freezer, it can still be eaten. The product will retain useful properties. The taste and smell of the product will remain intact.
• Thanks to this storage method, products take up much less space in the refrigerator. They lie compact and neat.
• If you store food in a vacuum box in a storefront, they will have a more presentable appearance. In addition, each individual product is available to customers for inspection. Not a single piece will wind, dry, or lose its appeal.

It is worth noting that fresh meat will look dull in the vacuum package. Knowing this, sellers rarely put up for sale fresh meat in vacuum packaging. Unfortunately, not all buyers know that meat after unpacking will gain oxygen and will return to its original color. That is why on the shelves of grocery stores in vacuum packaging, you can often see various sausage and cheese slices.

As for the question of what meat can be stored in vacuum packaging, the answer is unequivocal - almost any. For such storage, beef, pork, lamb, rabbit, crab, poultry, cold cuts, dried, fried, fresh and chilled meat are quite suitable. Even meat delicacies will keep their freshness in the bag for a long time.

Many supermarkets have their own devices - devices for storing and packing frozen meat. As for ordinary buyers, special shrink bagswhich are convenient for single use. Meat is first packed in these bags, and then they are placed in hot water.

As a result, the bag shrinks, tightly fitting a piece of meat. This creates an effect resembling a second skin. After that, the meat in the bag can be frozen for long storage or just chilled if you intend to use it in the coming days.

Shelf life is very happy: chilled in vacuum pack meat can lie for about seven days, and in frozen (at -18 degrees) it can be stored for more than a year. In addition to the fact that the product retains all its properties, it also retains the taste and texture.

When you come to the store to choose meat, Be sure to pay attention to the packaging. If there are small pink ice or snow inside the package, then this package has already been used. In this case, take another package or go to a nearby store.

When choosing meat pay attention to the refrigeratorwhere it is located: there should be order, without snow and blocks of ice, and only acceptable goods should lie in the neighborhood.

Without a refrigerator, the meat will lie for only a few hours, and in a vacuum package it can not only be frozen for a long time, but also enjoy all the advantages of this type of packaging.

The video below shows how to pack meat products using a vacuum cleaner.