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Mouldy tasting vacuum sealed bread goods

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nellypope | 09:24 Sun 09th Sep 2012 | Food & Drink
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Anyone else experienced this? I keep getting this terribly mouldy taste when I eat vacuum sealed items (like Pitta, Naan and this morning croissants). Thought it may have something to do with the gases they use when sealing the items. And just to clarify, I don't smoke, I'm not pregnant and I don't have any sinus issues.
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No, never had this experience.
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Wow Boxtops! So inciteful. Watch you don't cut yourself with that razor sharp wit.
I opened some naan breads last night which had been in the cupboard for a while, but still about six weeks before the bbe date, they smelt mouldy, I refused to eat them, everybody else ate them and said they tasted okay, the smell was enough to put me off. Mind you, I am really fussy about bread, won't eat it if it's more than a day old.
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Thanks Traci, I know they uses certain gases to eliminate Oxygen in the packaging to maintain freshness, thought that might be why. But the taste is really bad. Anyone know what the gas is they use?
In vacuum packaging there are no additional gasses used, vacuum packaging is by definition packaging by removing air.

Modified atmosphere packaging replaces the air with other gases, for bread typically a 50/50 mix of carbon dioxide and nitrogen.
I've never had this from any fully cooked breads that are vacuum packed but I have with the part cooked breads that you have to stick in the oven for 10 mins or so.
I don't understand your comment to me - you asked "has anyone else experienced it?" - so I replied, no, I haven't.
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