Mylar Bags – How They Work And Why You Should Use Them
Mylar is the brand name for a special type of polyester film, developed by DuPont in the 1950’s. Several properties including high tensile strength, chemical stability, gas and odour barriers made Mylar Bags the first choice for long term storage of a variety of products. They are used to help protect valuables, ammunition and medical supplies from general corrosion that comes with varying weather and heat conditions. But the use people are more familiarized with is food packing. Coffee beans, chips, beef jerky, food supplements, spices, and other products that would smell bad and lose taste when exposed to light and moisture are packed with Mylar. Extremely light, flexible, but yet durable and strong, this material provides isolating barrier properties that protect goods from the effects of oxygen, moisture and light penetration. Once sealed, they’ll isolate the product inside from the outside conditions. As the food industry has already demonstrated, Mylar bags ar...