All about vacuum packed meat

To keep food fresh and healthy for as long as possible, modern storage methods must be used. Recently, one of such methods is the storage of food products in vacuum packaging. So you can store raw meat, fish, as well as cheeses, cottage cheese, herbs. At the same time, the products remain fresh and usable for a much longer time. It is worth noting that any meat belongs to products that spoil quickly, so its storage should be treated with special responsibility.

Many housewives like to buy vacuum-packed perishable food, including meat. Thanks to modern methods, meat can be stored for a longer period in a suitable form, not even 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 evacuated from such a bag by the meat product manufacturer, and then it is sealed.... Under vacuum conditions, the bacteria remaining in the bag die, and from the external environment they cannot get into the package. As a result no harmful phenomena occur with the product in vacuum packaging. If the packaging is accidentally damaged, then the product that is in it will begin to deteriorate much faster due to the penetration of air with a whole set of harmful bacteria, which will begin to actively multiply.

Let's 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 its beneficial properties. The taste and smell of the product will remain intact.
• Thanks to this storage method, food takes up much less space in the refrigerator. They are compact and neat.
• If you place vacuum-packed food in a shop window, they will have a more presentable appearance. In addition, each individual product is available to buyers for inspection. Not a single piece will wind up, dry out, or lose its attractiveness.

It should be noted that fresh meat will look dull when vacuum sealed. Knowing this, sellers rarely offer vacuum-packed fresh meat for sale. Unfortunately, not all buyers know that after unpacking the meat will take on oxygen and return to its original color. That is why on the shelves of grocery stores in vacuum packaging you can often see various cuts of sausage and cheese.

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

Many supermarkets have their own devices - machines for storing and packing frozen meat. As for ordinary buyers, special shrink bagswhich are convenient for one-time use. These bags are first packed with meat and then placed in hot water.

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

The expiration date is very pleasing: chilled vacuum packed meat can lie for about seven days, and frozen (at -18 degrees) it can be stored for over a year. In addition to the fact that the product will retain all its properties, it will also retain its 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 must be order, no snow or blocks of ice, and only acceptable goods must be in the neighborhood.

Without a refrigerator, 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 sealer.