Preserving Cereal

Discussion in 'General Food and Foraging Discussion' started by benJAMMIN, Oct 23, 2008.

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  1. Oct 23, 2008 #1
    benJAMMIN

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    How would I go about "preserving" breakfast cereal. Ones like cheerios, fruit loops, frosted flakes and others. Do I put them in buckets or vacuum seal them?
     
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  3. Oct 23, 2008 #2
    netandtim

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    I would think that vacuuming sealing would crush the cereals. Is there a specific reason you would be taking them out of the original plastic bag? Otherwise, I leave mine in the factory bags, making sure they are well sealed (gently squeeze a new bag, does it hold firm or leak a bit of air?).

    You could empty all the boxes into a single mylar bag, seal it and toss into food-safe 5 gal bucket, add an oxygen absorber and then seal the lid on.

    Net
     
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  5. Oct 23, 2008 #3
    TechAdmin

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    Cereal already comes sealed. They usually have expiration dates of about 2 years after production.
     
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  6. Oct 27, 2008 #4
    C.Winslow

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    My kids always roll up the cereal bag and shove it bag down into the box. Then close the box with the preset tabs. I have quickly learned that this does not keep the cereal fresh for very long at all. The best thing to do is empty out the contents of the cereal into a storage sized ziplock bag, or a gallon sized air-tight tupperware.
     
    C.Winslow, Oct 27, 2008
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