I got a bag like this a little while ago and when I first saw it I was like "eh maybe its a one off manufacturing error" then I get another bag this week and sure enough same thing. I mean on one hand it IS resealable in the sense that it stops the cheese from falling out. But its not exactly sealed from ANYTHING else. My assumption is that using this kind of seal rather than something thats complete at the edges reduces the plastic needed by like 2c a bag or something. But again maybe I'm being picky that when I get a resealable bag I want it to be fully sealed.
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Coles brand is worse, they removed the seal entirely, to save what… 1 cent on manufacture?
Fuck me I thought that was printed in the bag!
Yes. The bags are shit. They’ll rip down the seam first. I just cut them open.
Not sure if Murdoch media is going to go that hard for your bag of cheese…
They’ve been that way for as long as I can remember, I believe it’s intentional – they might store better with a bit of breathing – kind of how you’d wrap it in some brown paper
Edit: found an article which explains this better than I can
>The proper storage of cheese has a significant impact on its shelf life. Like any living thing, cheese needs air to breathe – so wrapping it tightly with plastic wrap or a plastic bag will suffocate it and reduce its quality of flavor and its shelf life. When the wrap is too tight, as often is the case with plastic, cheeses are more likely to grow unwanted bacteria and prevents them from “breathing out” things like ammonia and other natural byproducts that need to be released.
If anyone wants to start a cheese bags business I’m ready to email shark tank
Fun fact: It doesn’t actually say Bega as the brand, it’s Beqa! You’re welcome…..
Stay fresh cheese bag.
Woolies fresh grated parmesan bags are ridiculous. Almost every time after cutting the bag open riiight at the top, I find the sealing thingo is only attached to one side so I have to use a bag clip anyway. Pointless.
I keep this kind of grated cheese in the freezer. Keeps longer that way.
Anyone else just chop the top off the bag and then hold it closed with a peg?
I actually thought you were going to say something about the added wood pulp! ie cellulose
The bags have been like that for years.
I’m concerned you lot have shredded cheese hanging around long enough for it to matter. Do you not eat it from the bag, as a fridge snack. Or dinner?
I mean you always fold the bag over itself on top of sealing it, between the two I reckon the jobs done.
Where did you get a bag of cheese with fuck Murdoch media stamped on it?
my bowels are overly sensitive to pre grated cheese, so i have my own form of enshittification going on
Glad wrap and a rubber band works for me!
It’s intentional 🙂
I’d be blaming the Murdoch Media…
Love the watermark!!!
So many resealable cheese brands are exactly the same. They don’t go completely end to end & go mouldy if you don’t use them quickly.
I sense there’s an underlying message here but I can’t quite put my finger on it.
The are using less plastic because it’s better for the environment.
Zipper seals are very hard to get right in a machine pumping out 60 bags a minute.
The zipper is heat sealed onto the film at one location at the start of the machine, and then the film travels and folds around the anvil around the throat of the bagger, the cheese is dropped into the bag, and then the jaws seal the end, along with the flap of the zipper.
The problem is if your zipper is cut too short, or not placed central, or the film tracks off centre, even by a few millimeters, you end up with the gap. All while trying to maintain 60 bags a minute 24hrs a day, 5 days a week.
The reason they got rid of the zippers, is probably because the sharp cut end of the zipper is enough to puncture the film, and you get a pin hold leak. Pin hole leaks end up releasing the gas flush, which means the cheese gets mouldy faster. And then customers complain.
Ok I will post what OP is trying to communicate for those who don’t have time to make sense of it
* Op purchased a bag of grated cheese
* Once opened the packaging is resealable to preserve the life of the cheese
* The seals have large gaps in them which leave the product open to the air
Op assumes the packaging with large gaps is being used to save money at the expense of the quality of the product
Op added “fuck murdoch media” onto his photos cos “activism”
If you perfectly seal it, like in a zip loc bag, the moisture in the air inside the bag will condense and be a nice breeding ground for bacteria, as 4 degrees means they just grow slower. This is why anything you put in a ziplock should be slightly open to let the fridge dry it out.
They are sealed tight and under refrigeration before you open to ensure it is sterile for max shelf life. Once you open it, the air in your environment and even touching your hands with it starts a countdown to spoil timer.
This is same for most cosmetics – the preservatives are meant to stop you, the customer from spoiling it early since its already sterile/clean at the factory they are made in (assuming factory is clean and compliant)
The trick is to get through the cheese quickly before there are any issues.
I’d rather they didn’t have the zip at all. I end up always putting them into a real resealable bag
They usually seal all the way for me. Rarely had any issues for years.
Bold of you to think the Murdoch media cares enough about your bag of cheese to run a story on it 😂 Maybe if you had something actually newsworthy…
I don’t understand people who buy pre-grated cheese, especially in a cost-of-living crisis; it’s about 50% more a kilo than block cheese. It doesn’t state on the pack what the packaging gas is, it could either be carbon dioxide or nitrogen (nitrogen is the gas used to keep crisps and other snacks fresh).
The ingredients and allergen info do, however, inform me that it contains milk, which is good to know, I hate when I’m buying cheese and I get an empty bag.
Seriously though, I do find it a bit ridiculous that there’s an allergen warning for milk on cheese; if you have a dairy allergy and don’t know that cheese is made from milk well, that’s on you. It’s like putting ‘contains fish’ on a tin of tuna or sardines, or ‘contains milk’ on a milk carton, or ‘contains eggs’ on an egg box – thank fuck for that, I’d be asking for a refund if it didn’t.
These are actual allergen warnings on actual products in UK supermarkets.
You need to go to isle 8 and get the resealable bags and bag the resealable bag in one of those. It doesn’t say that that specific bag is resealable, just that the supermarket has one somewhere within. Its complex.
You’re on the money, I was blowing up about this yesterday! Load of bollocks. The next shitest is the “new” resealable frozen veggie bags from Birdseye. Companies just take the piss these days.
At least their definition of resealable isn’t just a piece of sticky tape
Just bad production set up. Deal with this shit every day. Have length of seal, placement of seal, timing of seal and really the list is endless. And that’s if the bag has been formed correctly. And that’s if product filling is timed correctly. And when all is set correctly you will have 1 outstanding production worker adjust everything because “that’s the way it’s always been”, while communicating in there own language to the production manager that it’s a improvement.
Then you change over product and start the whole cycle again.
No conspiracy. Just bad production.