Vacuum Pack Machines

If you want to extend the life of ingredients like meat and vegetables or do some sous vide cooking, your kitchen needs a commercial vacuum sealer. Vacuum pack sealers work by vacuuming the air out of the bag containing the food, which prevents air from spoiling ingredients. 

Vacuum-sealing food is a hygienic way to maintain or even improve the quality of your ingredients by retaining their taste, colour, and freshness. It can extend shelf life by three to five times, which cuts back on waste from food spoiling. In fact, the costs of a vacuum pack machine can quickly be offset by the decrease in waste and ingredient purchasing.

Having a commercial vacuum pack sealer in your kitchen can also help maximize efficiency with pre-portioned vacuum-sealed packages of ingredients. This makes batch cooking easier, which cuts down on prep time. This equipment also further reduces food waste by letting you pull and open only the ingredients that you will be using right away.

Most vacuum pack machines are free-standing and take up countertop rather than floor space. There are a few different kinds of vacuum pack machines to choose from, with lots of different features. 

Automatic machines are the simplest option. They vacuum air from the bag and seal it automatically.  

Manual machines are more flexible, allowing you to adjust the vacuum cycles so that you can choose the right settings for the food that you are packaging.

Single Chamber Vacuum Pack Machine

Single chamber vacuum packaging machines have a chamber inside where the product is placed inside the vacuum bag, and the lid is closed. A powerful vacuum pump sucks the air out, and once finished, a seal bar tightly seals the product. Chamber machines have the unique ability to seal liquids since all the air is removed from the inner chambers at once. 

Single Chamber Vacuum Pack Machine

Double chamber models tend to be larger and more expensive, but can handle multiple bags at the same time or large items, making them great for high-volume commercial operations. 

External strip vacuum packaging machines are simple yet efficient, and good for those without a huge budget. They keep the bag outside of the machine and vacuum the air from the inside. Sealing liquids is more difficult with this type of vacuum pack machine. 

Gas flush machines not only remove the oxygen from the vacuum seal bags, but they also replace it with gases that prolong the shelf life of your ingredients. Since there is more technology involved with these models, they tend to be more expensive.

Vacuum pack machines with the liquid control sensor feature are great for vacuum sealing both solids and liquids, including soups and stews.

Some machines come with a feature called the pulse option, which is designed for delicate foods. It works by vacuuming the oxygen out a bit at a time so that the food is not damaged by sudden pressure.

The vacuum pack machine that you choose depends on your budget, what foods you’ll be sealing, the size of your kitchen, and how much it will be used.