Ziplock Bags Fruit And Vegetable Storage

Ziplock Bags Fruit And Vegetable Storage
A zipper storage bag slider storage bag zipper bag or zipper is an inexpensive flexible rectangular storage bag usually mainly transparent made of polyethene or similar plastic which can be sealed and opened many times by a slider which works in a similar way to a zip fastener.

Many such bags are used to contain foodstuffs such as sandwiches and freezer storage. Single and multiple small items for sale are often packed in small zipper bags for convenience and visibility.

Several types of reclosable features are available for plastic bags. Sometimes other types of the bag such as a cloth bag for toiletries fitted with a conventional zip fastener are described as zipper bags.

One bag was patented by Robert W. Vergobbi on May 18, 1954. In the same year, Minigrip licensed them as pencil bags. The zipper storage bags most recognized function was not realized until 1957 when a fifth-grader named Robert Lejeune demonstrated that the bag could also be used safely as a food storage device. Eleven years later in 1968, Dow Chemical Company began marketing them under the name Ziploc. Widetrack ribs were added in 1982 clicking zippers in 1993 and colour in 1997.

Vacuum packing greatly reduces the bulk of non-food items. For example, clothing and bedding can be stored in bags evacuated with a domestic vacuum cleaner or a dedicated vacuum sealer. This technique is sometimes used to compact household waste for example where a charge is made for each full bag collected.

Vacuum packaging products using plastic bags canisters bottles or mason jars are available for home use.

For delicate food items which might be crushed by the vacuum packing process such as potato chips, an alternative is to replace the interior gas with nitrogen. This has the same effect of inhibiting deterioration due to the removal of oxygen.