Thread: Looking for ziplock bags that can handle boiling water

Hey all,

Wanting to start dehydrating my own meals etc and working out the best way to rehydrate them.

Some of the ultralight yanks buy ziplock bags that are boiling water safe. Does anyone know where to buy them in NZ?

If someone can share a link here, I'd appreciate it and others might too.

This is what I'm trying to do - https://youtu.be/YRXG5deRDxY

Cheers

how about these ?

https://thermomix.co.nz/products/the...zip-lock-pouch

also after a quick google - "hot water safe zip lock bag nz" - apparently dick smith also do something along those lines but I think they are silicon ...
but use that search term and there are a few choices .

Awesome timing on this posts guys

I dehydrated and powdered eggs recently and it went really well
Haven't used them yet
But plan was to add whole milk powder
Mix together in standard zip locks
Add a little water in the field
Simmer for 5 minutes in water

Have done similar in the past with standard zip lock bags
But if I could just pour boiling water in that would be even easier

Just put your meals in vacpac bags. I vacpac and reheat heaps of stuff

https://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co....-things-62661/

https://ziptop.co.nz/products/sandwi...35661970210979

just put your meal you want to eat into the bag and use it to cook/rehydrate and eat out of then clean it out
just store your meals in normal zip locks

That looks like a good idea Carbine. We buy minigrip bags at work by the thousand from office max. The 70 micron ones 230X305mm are the strongest ones I can find and pretty cheap at about $6/100. I guess it would depend on how cheap you can buy the boil proof ones Vs that boilbag thing and the cheap bags.

Originally Posted by rugerman

That looks like a good idea Carbine. We buy minigrip bags at work by the thousand from office max. The 70 micron ones 230X305mm are the strongest ones I can find and pretty cheap at about $6/100. I guess it would depend on how cheap you can buy the boil proof ones Vs that boilbag thing and the cheap bags.

For some meals i just vac pack them like ryan recommend to reduce size and keep meals fresh but have found some vac bags/rolls cant handle the heat of boiling water so
just found the easiest way is to get a decent quality silicone zip lock and empty the vac packed meals or meals in zip locks and just use the silicone bag to heat/assemble/eat out of

My vac pack bags didn't even stand up to the heat generated by he crock pot. Seals went. If all else fails, what about roasting bags?

Call dunninghams or jump on there website they are a supplier to the butchery industry and have the boil in the bag vacuum bags.