Increase Food Storage Life

While some folks are able to spend hundreds of dollars on the fancy prepper food kits, you can simply purchase a few materials to lengthen your food storage time limit. If you have questions, find me on FB, MeWe or Gab. Good luck!

• Plastic Storage: While I completely understand the need for glass, if you are stocking items in the storage under your RV or in areas where weight is concerning, consider that 1 single glass jar will weigh more than a light-weight plastic container. You should choose your containers based on various factors, not just take the word of someone on TikTok or YouTube that doesn’t even use the product to begin with.
• Oxygen Absorbers: These tiny little packets will remove oxygen from your foodstuffs and help extend the food even further. These can be purchased off Amazon fairly cheaply, but I can tell you that I have not found them at Home Depot, Lowes nor can you find them in the Walmart stores.
• Moisture Absorbers: These Silica packs can be used with the oxygen absorbers in plastic containers or in mylar bags to lengthen the expiration date of your foods. These can be found cheaply on Amazon but I haven’t seen them in Walmart, Home Depot and Lowes.
• Mylar Bags: These are very helpful and can be purchased in various sizes off of Amazon. Most of them can be sealed easily with an old fashioned hot iron so you don’t need any expensive set up to begin long term storing products.
• Temperature: Do not store your food in your garage, car or rarely used RV as the heat will decrease shelf life and you will waste money. It’s recommended that you store your food in an environment lower than mid-70’s.
• Environment: A dark, cool location is preferable, and I would go so far as to suggest that if you turn a bedroom into a walk-in pantry be sure to use black out curtains to darken the room even further.
• Cleanliness: Be sure to clean your area with hot soapy water and thoroughly dry it so that there isn’t any grease or water to keep your food from storing properly.
• Moisture: The rule of thumb is that foods must retain less than 10% of moisture to store well in mylar and other containers, so be careful to thoroughly dry your foods in your dehydrator and allow ample time to cool off before packaging them up.