Debbie Meyer Green Bags
 | Average Customer Rating: Recommend 20 Count, Debbie Meyer GreenBags For Fruits & Vegetables, Keeps All Types Of Fruits & Vegetables Fresh Longer, Even Cut Flowers, Made With A Natural Mineral "Oya" That Extends The Life Of Produce By Absorbing And Removing The Ethylene Gasses That Cause Normal Deterioration, Reusable Up To 10 Times, Contains 10 Large: 17"L x 12"W & 10 Medium: 15"L x 9"W, Made In USA With FDA, G.R.A.S. (Recognized As Safe) Ingredients & FDA Recognized Food Grade P.E. Plastic. Product details and pricing info |
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99 Customer Reviews Posted
- Works well for me
- I picked up a package of these at a local store and have found the bags do extend the usage life of produce. I wouldn't eat something stored in the bag longer than two weeks, I guess I am not that brave, but the bags do keep produce fresh for about a week.
I've used the bags to store pre-packaged salad mix (removed salad mix from original bag) and have stored carrots in them. Today, I am trying celery and grapes. Will see what happens. - 2008-07-13, 6 of 11 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- A lot of hype
- I've read all the reviews on this product and have to agree with most that it does not work as advertised and is not worth the amount they charge for them.
I put some bananas in the bag and some outside the bag and watched them for a week. The ones inside the bag had fewer brown spots but the insides of each were exactly the same. However, the ones IN the bag molded from the moisture. I put paper towels in there and even tried to wipe it down but I have better things to do than come home and wipe down 10 bags of vegetables every day. Kind of defeats the purpose of the product. The same thing happened with my cherries and other fruits, they all molded within a few days.
I did find that the less moist vegetables did benefit from this. I stored broccoli and cauliflower in the bags and forgot about them in my fridge for 10 or 11 days and when I pulled them out, they were both still crunchy and edible. They had just begun to turn brown.
They advertise as washable and re-usable, but let's get real. Have you ever tried to wash a plastic bag and worse yet, to dry it? It's just not practical and depending on what you had in there, I'm just not sure it's safe to re-use.
I'll just stick with my current method of planning my shopping to buy only what I can use and freezing what I can't. See my review on Packmate 95000 Vacu-Seal Starter Kit with Handheld Vacuum Sealer and Bags. - 2008-07-12, 5 of 5 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- If you use it right...not as advertised
- Boy oh boy, I wish I hadn't wasted my money. The people that give this item 5 stars think about what you are saying...You have to wipe the moisture away....you have to use the right produce....the produce has to be fresh. What on earth are you all excited about? When I bought items before kept them in the bags the come in and washed them right before use, (btw that is how you are suppose to treat fresh food, don't wash them before you store or they will rot) and they would last a fair amount of time.
I guess I should have left this alone, too many rules to follow and by reading some of the TRUE post looks like I wasted my money because my produce from my shopping trip (July 4) are about to go bad. Definetly going to remove them all when I get home if it not too late.
I take fruit to work everyday, put it in a ziploc, into the fridge at work and by the time I get around to eating them at lunch they are mushy, maybe the transfer shocked the fruit not sure.
Remember before you purchase, you will need to wipe the bags out more than once a day on ALL your bags, you are told on the instructions not to close with tie, but to fold them over, they are long skinny bags, etc etc.
I was one of the foolish ones, don't be, those five star folks have way too much time on their hands wiping each and every bag twice a day, and they enjoy mushy veggies and fruit. Me, not much of a fan for either of those task.
BTW, let me point out again like others have before, NO MONEY BACK GUARANTEE!!!! - 2008-07-08, 5 of 7 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Good results if you start with fresh produce
- I'm suprised to see so many negative reviews because my experience with these bags has been pretty good. Of course, you have to start with fresh, DRY produce, put only one type of fruit/veggie in each bag, expel the air from the bag, and keep it sealed. I use these bags mostly in the summer when I shop at local farmers' markets and find these bags help me keep & utilize everything in peak condition. I don't think, though, that I ever try to keep anything over 2 to maybe 3 weeks, and I am starting off with fruits and veggies as fresh as possible. My only problems are keeping track of how often I've used each bag to know when its effectiveness is kaput, and having to send so many bags to recycling.
- 2008-07-06, 2 of 2 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- They don't work. Period.
- I tried several different kinds of fruit in these, and tried them on the counter, in the fridge... These bags don't work. They are a scam, and I think it's a shame that people who are trying to save money on groceries are wasting money on these. Notice that they don't have a satisfaction guaranteed or your money back on these - because they know they don't work.
- 2008-07-05, 2 of 4 people found this review helpful, Rated:
