Formaticum Cheese Storage Bags

Formaticum Cheese Storage Bags

I discovered my love for quality cheese several years ago the first time I went to Spain with our school’s exchange.

Trying new cheeses is one of my favorite things to do when I go to Costco. Stored properly, most cheeses will last at least a month in your refrigerator after you open them. I keep an assortment of cheeses in our garage refrigerator to put out when we have guests. Before I discovered these cheese storage bags, I usually only had one block of choice on hand at a time and felt rushed to eat it, as it went bad after about a week because I was storing it improperly.

Many people make the mistake of storing cheese in a plastic ziploc bag. This is the worst thing you can do, as cheese will rapidly begin to mold if it can’t breathe.

The Formaticum cheese storage bag is a professional cheese storage solution. Each bag measures 6.25″ x 11″ and is large enough for most wedges or blocks sold in grocery stores. There are XX spaces per bag for labeling the name of the cheese, the date, and a nice diagram that lets you circle the type of animal that produced the cheese.

You can fold over the tops to close them and the bag doesn’t fall apart.

The manufacturer suggests using a separate bag for each variety of cheese, as the inner liner can retain trace odors from cheeses previously stored. In other words, don’t store your new block of swiss in a bag that previously contained blue cheese.

These seem pricey considering that there are only 15 per box, but keep in mind that they can be reused several times. I also believe these will save you money in the long run by reducing the amount of cheese that you end up throwing out. You could forget about a piece of cheese you placed in one of these bags and it would still be fine several weeks later.

These are also ideal for storing charcuterie. I recommend keeping a separate bag or two for storing meats so that the meat doesn’t take in any residual flavors or odors from cheese that was previously stored in the same bag.