So many uses for the freeze dryer.
I've purchased an emergency food supply from www.PatriotPantry.com. I do believe that this emergency supply of food was packaged in Maylar bags. These goods are supposed to have a shelf life of 5 years, while food stored in their buckets has a shelf life of 25 years.
Most of the food that comes from our gardens are blanched and then placed in a vacuum bag and sealed. This takes care of the oxygen end of food spoiling because of its presence. Most of this food is consumed in a year and tastes as good as the day we preserved it.
I took a look at some Mylar bags on line and after reading this post I realize that this method may provide us with an alternative method for storing food long term.
Thanks for the info, very interesting.
I like the mylar since it seems to have the longest lifespan with nice welded seams. There is a number of places that have bags for sale and we are investigating where will be the best for us to get them from. Aiming for US made as the materials will be a bit better.
I've learned that the vacuum sealing bags are not nearly as durable as the mylar seems to be. We've had the vacuum bags break pretty easily in the freezer.
That does tend to happen, and sometimes a bag that looks like it is sealed is not. I may have to look into Mylar bags.