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Marinate in Time for Dinner!
Have you ever come home from a busy day at work, run into the kitchen to begin prepping for dinner, and realized you forgot to marinate your chicken before you left that morning? Marination is a staple technique for home cooks to enhance flavor and tenderize food—but it doesn't work if you don't give it time. Or does it?
Marinating has traditionally taken hours, sometimes overnight, for the flavors to fully infuse. SealVax is now making that process faster than you thought possible.
Introducing SEASON Mode Vacuum Cycling
Our R&D team found that vacuum cycling—repeatedly applying and releasing pressure—marinates food faster than static vacuum sealing. This led to our patent-pending SEASON Mode for our handheld vacuum, which automatically cycles on and off ten times over about 30 minutes, depending on container size and fill level. As a result, your food is perfectly marinated in a fraction of the time of traditional methods.
Effect of Vacuum Cycling on Marination
North Carolina State University Food Safety Specialists Research Study
Safe Plates and the Dinah E. Gore Teaching and Research Kitchens, is NC State Extension’s family of evidence-based food safety programming and resources for retail, community and home-based food safety.
September 2024: Food Safety Specialists at NC State compared three marination techniques: vacuum cycling, static vacuum marination, and traditional marination. Using daikon radishes and red dye as the marinade, the study measured how much color (and by extension, marinade) was absorbed.
Key Findings:
Vacuum cycling, in particular, showed the greatest amount of marinade uptake compared to traditional and straight vacuum method during the same amount of time. Additionally, vacuum cycling resulted in a considerably larger uptake of marinade in shorter duration of time of compared to traditional methods.
- Vacuum Cycling presents almost a triple uptake of marinade vs traditional methods
- Vacuum Cycling presents more than double the effectiveness of just conventional “straight vacuum” method
How Vacuum Cycling Works
Vacuum cycling repeatedly applies and releases vacuum pressure on food in a sealed container. Here's how it supercharges marination:
- Air Removal: The vacuum pump pulls out the air, lowering pressure and expanding the food’s pores.
- Flavor Infusion: As the pores expand, the marinade seeps deeper into the food, enhancing flavor far beyond the surface.
- Cycling Process: When the vacuum is released, the pores contract, drawing the marinade even further in. This cycle of pressure and release intensifies flavor absorption.
Cut marination time and serve a delicious meal in no time.
SealVax SEASON Mode Vacuum Cycling
Reduce marination time and maximize flavor. SEASON Mode vacuum cycling is your secret weapon, ensuring faster and more intense marination. This kitchen game-changer brings bold flavors quickly, allowing home chefs to elevate their dishes with less effort and more impact.
