Food Grade Buckets.

[TanksHill]

So I had some luck a while back getting free buckets from my local doughnut shop. But unfortunately not any lately. I don't want to pay full price and even if you buy on line in bulk they are still prety costly.

My question is......

If I am using Mylar bags to store food does it mater if I buy regular or food grade buckets???

I guess I could find another doughnut shop to ask.

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[Marianne]

Ya, I have been wondering about that, too. Right now we're acquiring joint compound buckets as we work on the house. Not that I would eat joint compound, but...

 

[TanksHill]

Well maybe if you were REALLY hungry!!

 

[Marianne]

Well maybe if you were REALLY hungry!!

Out here, a lot of people would eat about anything if it had gravy on it. Hmmmmmm........

 

[BirdBrain]

Our local Sam's Club will gladly give away all the buckets I can carry. In their bakery they go through about 25 per week. They recycle them, but if someone comes along and wants some they are happy to recycle them that way as well. And they have been rinsed out too which is nice. Other places where you can get buckets are Chinese restaurants (soy sauce comes this way). I have gotten pickle buckets from BBQ restaurants and fast food places.

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

i got a buncha buckets from wal-mart for $1 each! they were more than happy to sell them to me

whoooot!

 

[Mattemma]

I get 5 gallon pickle buckets from a deli restaurant. Ask around before buying.

 

[Dirk Chesterfield]

I use buckets purchased in the paint section at Walmart. I share the opinion that as long as Mylar is used as a liner then the bucket does not need to be USDA food safe. Since sealed Mylar bags do not allow the passage of oxygen then all of the larger plasticizer molecules should also be excluded from migration also because their molecular size is much larger than oxygen.

Remember Mylar does not stand up well to contact with solvents so buckets should be new or in like new thoroughly dry condition.

I also store Mylar sealed food in Sterilite plastic totes which are definitely not USDA food safe containers with no odor or flavor issues.

 

[Farmfresh]

Invest in some Gamma Seal lids for those buckets! You will wonder how you ever lived without them!

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

FF! you are a hero - i could not remember what those lids were called and i've been wracking my brain!!

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