Should I keep dog food in the bag inside a storage container?
Leaving kibble in its original bag inside a container is recommended by vets to keep things clean and prevent oils from going rancid. However, large bulk bags often only fit if you empty them directly into the container, forcing owners to choose between container cleanliness and proper food storage.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
Found another way around this?
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- 1Squishing the bag into the containerDid this help you?
- 2Emptying the kibble directly into the container and wiping up residual crumbs between bagsDid this help you?
- 3Buying a trash can with a lid insteadDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“Vet has recommended us leave kibble bagged and drop it into a container.”source ↗
“I buy Costco sized bags so it fits emptied but not bagged in a gamma. Am I better off getting a tall container with a lid for it over the gamma vault?”source ↗
Where this came up
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