Guides
Practical guides on choosing, sizing and using vacuum pouches on chamber machines, written by the people who make them. Every guide is checked against what we actually stock: 65, 80 and 130 micron, chamber machines only.
PA/PE Vacuum Pouches Explained: What the Film Is Made Of
The polyamide layer that keeps oxygen out, the polyethylene layer that makes the seal, and why they're co-extruded rather than glued together.
PA/PE Vacuum Pouches Explained: What the Film Is Made Of
The polyamide layer that keeps oxygen out, the polyethylene layer that makes the seal, and why they're co-extruded rather than glued together.
Vacuum Pouches for Smoked Fish and Fish Processing
Sizes for whole sides, fillets and portions, what to use on shellfish, retail packs for smoked salmon, and the safety rules specific to fish.
Vacuum Pouches for Smoked Fish and Fish Processing
Sizes for whole sides, fillets and portions, what to use on shellfish, retail packs for smoked salmon, and the safety rules specific to fish.
Vacuum Pouches for Meat Processing: What Commercial Buyers Need
Primal sizes, batch consistency, colour coding, the paperwork a technical manager will ask for, and how pallet and bespoke orders work.
Vacuum Pouches for Meat Processing: What Commercial Buyers Need
Primal sizes, batch consistency, colour coding, the paperwork a technical manager will ask for, and how pallet and bespoke orders work.
Food Safety and Vacuum Packing: The 10-Day Rule and Beyond
Why taking the air out changes the risk, what the FSA's 10-day rule actually says, and how to write it into your HACCP plan.
Food Safety and Vacuum Packing: The 10-Day Rule and Beyond
Why taking the air out changes the risk, what the FSA's 10-day rule actually says, and how to write it into your HACCP plan.
Vacuum Bags for Cheese: Cutting, Portioning and Storing
Which cheeses take to vacuum packing and which don't, sizes for wedges, blocks and quarter wheels, and how to stop the surface sweating.
Vacuum Bags for Cheese: Cutting, Portioning and Storing
Which cheeses take to vacuum packing and which don't, sizes for wedges, blocks and quarter wheels, and how to stop the surface sweating.
How to Vacuum Pack Bone-In Cuts Without Puncturing the Bag
Four techniques that stop bone tips going through the film, in the order to try them, and when to move up to 130 micron.
How to Vacuum Pack Bone-In Cuts Without Puncturing the Bag
Four techniques that stop bone tips going through the film, in the order to try them, and when to move up to 130 micron.
130 Micron Vacuum Pouches: When Heavy Duty Is Worth It
Twice the thickness, seven times the price. Where the heavy duty pouch pays for itself and where it's money down the drain.
130 Micron Vacuum Pouches: When Heavy Duty Is Worth It
Twice the thickness, seven times the price. Where the heavy duty pouch pays for itself and where it's money down the drain.
The Butcher's Guide to Vacuum Pouches: Which Bag for Each Cut
Sizes and gauges by cut, from single steaks to bone-in rib, and the four boxes most counters actually run on.
The Butcher's Guide to Vacuum Pouches: Which Bag for Each Cut
Sizes and gauges by cut, from single steaks to bone-in rib, and the four boxes most counters actually run on.
What BRC AA Means When You're Buying Vacuum Pouches
What the packaging audit covers, how AA differs from A and B, why retailers ask for it, and what to ask any supplier who claims it.
What BRC AA Means When You're Buying Vacuum Pouches
What the packaging audit covers, how AA differs from A and B, why retailers ask for it, and what to ask any supplier who claims it.
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