[Marmolade]

“Vacuum packed in Mylar.”

Can you please give us more details about this?

[CottonBall]

“Vacuum packed in Mylar.”

Can you please give us more details about this?

I see MaxMax hasn't been back yet, so I'll jump in again. I'm so proud of my newfound knowledge! ;)

Mylar (new name is Mylyn) was invented by Dupont in the 50's. It's a thin polyester sheet, essentially. It can be coated and w/r food products, is coated on one side with aluminum (or bonded to the Al). This makes it barrier resistent - to moisture and oxygen.

The HDPE buckets I got (food grade buckets) have a Mylar bag in them and then the contents put in. The Mylar bag is then vacuum sealed to remove the oxygen. This creates a long-term storage environment that will be moisture and oxygen free (and you have a handy bucket with handles to carry it around in or stack). My only concern with it now is rodents. My cats better be ready to earn their keep!