How to Use Food Saver Vacuum Sealers

When storing food, it's important to place it in as airtight a container as possible. One way to do this is to use a sealer like the Food Saver and its vacuum seals. The Food Saver seals food of any type inside a bag, and vacuums the air out. Storing food in a vacuum-sealed Food Saver bag will help keep any food preserved longer than in regular bags or foil.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Food Saver sealer
• Food Saver bags

1. Get a Food Saver bag. You may need to remove one from the Food Saver machine depending on the model.

2. Open the bag from the unsealed end and deposit the food you want to store inside it. Be sure no food gets up to where the green dot is.

3. Close the Food Saver bag as tightly as you can.

4. Place the Food Saver bag into the vacuum part of the sealer, with the green dot facing on top.

5. Press the Vacuum button on the Food Saver sealer. Wait for the sealer to finish before removing the sealed food bag.

6. Store the sealed food in an area of your choice.

Tips & Warnings

• You can freeze the bags as well as store them at room temperature. Where you should store the food depends on the type of food being stored.
• If you are vacuum sealing a lot of food, wait 20 seconds after each sealing, or else you risk melting the bag.
• Although the food may be sealed, it still has a shelf life that you must use the food within. See Resources for more information about food shelf life.

References

• Food Saver FreshSaver Manual

Resources

• Food Saver Reference Guide