| Vacuum sealers have been around for some time, | | | | seen on TV or sold in a department store for home |
| but there are many things you may not know about | | | | use. This doesn't mean all external vacuum sealers |
| them. First of all, no vacuum cleaners are involved, | | | | are for home use. Some external vacuum sealers are |
| however, a lot of suction is. Vacuum sealers are used | | | | designed for industrial packaging use. |
| to protect and preserve food. There are a few | | | | With an external vacuum sealer, place your product in |
| things you should know about vacuum sealers before | | | | a bag and place the open end into the sealer. The |
| making a purchase, starting with the different kinds | | | | sealer will remove the air and seal the open end, |
| of sealers available. | | | | preventing air from re-entering the bag. External |
| Vacuum sealers are ideal for packaging a wide | | | | vacuum sealers cannot be used with delicate |
| variety of foods. You see food in the grocery store | | | | products such as potato chips due to the fact they |
| packaged this way all the time, whether you realize it | | | | cannot replace the air with an inert gas. |
| or not. Beef jerky, salmon steaks, potato chips and | | | | Chamber vacuum sealers are the most common |
| dried fruit are just a few of the items you may find. | | | | machines used for industrial packaging. Chamber |
| Vacuum sealers essentially remove or replace natural | | | | vacuum sealers still use bags, like the external |
| air. In the case of beef jerky, 99.99 percent of the | | | | models, but the packaging process is much different. |
| air is removed, making it near impossible for bacteria | | | | With a chamber sealer, the product is placed in a bag, |
| to cultivate. With potato chips, natural air (which | | | | after which the entire bag is placed in the chamber. |
| includes life giving oxygen) is removed and replaced | | | | Once ready, the chamber hood is pulled down. The |
| with an inert gas, such as nitrogen. Because potato | | | | machine then removes 99.9 percent of the air within |
| chips are so fragile, removing 99.9 percent of the air | | | | the chamber and seals the open end of the bag. The |
| would damage the product. | | | | atmosphere within the camber is then returned back |
| There are two main types of vacuum sealers used | | | | to normal. The sealed bag is now vacuum packaged |
| for packaging food. These are external and chamber | | | | and ready for sale or storage. Part of the process, if |
| vacuum sealers. Both sealers are used to remove air, | | | | needed, can involve removing the air and replacing it |
| but have different purposes and are used for a | | | | with an inert gas. The amount of air removed from |
| range of different products. Before making a vacuum | | | | the chamber can also be adjusted as needed. |
| sealer purchase, be sure you are getting the right | | | | Whether preserving food or protecting a product, |
| kind. | | | | vacuum sealers can benefit a wide variety of |
| External vacuum sealers are similar to the models | | | | businesses and stores. |