Losing the vacuum

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    Roger B
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    New to this game I recently vacpacked a Caerphilly that I made about 3 weeks ago.
    Two days later it had lost the vacuum and obviously contained air despite double sealing at both ends.
    I re-packed and the same thing happened two days later.
    I use a Food-Saver machine and Food-saver plastic on rolls. The vacpacking is usually totally reliable.
    Any ideas?

    #1824 Reply
    Curd Nerd
    Keymaster

    Hi. I find that with vacuum packing you can sometimes end up with whey pulled up into the area that will be heat sealed, which obviously prevents a full seal from being possible. To combat this I do the first seal close to the cheese, leaving about 2 inches more plastic than I need, and then carefully wipe this excess clean of any whey, and seal again 1/2-1″ above the first seal just to make sure. I haven’t had any ‘leaks’ since doing it this way.

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