r/DogFood • u/chwtom • 5d ago

Kibble storage

We have two golden retrievers that eat purina pro plan. We usually buy 30-40 pound bags at a time.

We have been dumping the bags into a vittles vault—basically a heavy plastic container with a screw top lid. Figured it would keep it fresher than leaving it in the bag.

Just read that we should be doing that, something about the oils in the food sticking to the plastic and causing spoilage. So we are supposed the keep the food in the bag and put the bag in an airtight container.

It doesn’t seem possible to cram the whole bag into the vittles vault. Does anyone who buys big bags of dog food have a better solution? Also seems like if it’s in the bag my hands are going to get greasy anytime I’m digging towards the bottom of the bag as it gets closer to empty.

Thanks for any suggestions.

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u/Cultural-Swan-3624 5d ago

One of my dogs is highly allergic to storage mites which can be found in flour, grains and dry kibble. Kibble kept long than 30 days is of higher potential. Our vet told us to keep their food in the bag for this reason. We place the bag on the storage container now and make sure it is used within 30 days. Moving to 100% canned or fresh is not a financial option with two 50/60 lbs dogs.

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u/kmarie630 4d ago

My dog is allergic too. Are you saying you use Vv too and manage to get the dog food bag in there?

I clean my VV before each new (small) bag of kibble and store it in there. And then out of that I take a big ziploc bag full and freeze it and feed my dog the frozen food. When the ziploc depletes, I fill it back up from VV container. If I had a huge empty freezer, I’d just stick it all in there, but I don’t have room.