I’ve had my bags for over 5 years and use them regularly so not sure if they are still as effective as when I first bought them.

Fresher For Longer Bags | Fresher For Longer bags cut food waste by keeping your fruit and vegetables fresher for up to TWICE as long, saving you money! Photograph: Everyday Images/Alamy Easy peasy … some simple preservation devices successfully extended the lifespan of some of the foodstuffs we tested. The discs are all natural and work by simply absorbing any ethylene gas in the air around them so that fruit and veg don’t ripen as quickly and stay fresher for longer.XTEND Fresh Produce Storage Bags are uniquely designed and proven to slow the aging and ripening process of fruits and vegetables in a home refrigerator. It may seem like magic, but Stayfresh’s genius is all thanks to the porous, food safe, natural Japanese stone powder suspended in the polythene film; the powder absorbs ageing ethylene gases that most fruit and veg release, and the bags let the contents breathe, creating an environment that helps produce stay fresher for far longer. Fresher for Longer Bags are sold in packs of 16 and can be used over and over again, so you don’t have to worry about waste. The Roasting Bags are perfect to use in conventional or microwave ovens and are used for cooking meat, fish and vegetables.

Easy to use, just remove any packaging, pop your fresh produce in a Stayfresh Bag, seal as tightly as you can to remove any excess air, and keep them in your fridge. Cooling and soothing irritated eyes, the Nuage Cooling Eye Pads are enriched with cucumber and vitamin E.

The Greenshield Household Anti-Bacterial Wipes are an effective 5-in-1 solution for domestic cleaning purposes, suitable for cleaning tasks and wipe ups in the kitchen,. While this is a reduction of 7% per person over the past 3 years, the government’s waste advisory body has warned that individual households still need to be doing more to reduce this further (Guardian).

The statistics are pretty alarming: UK households throw away more than 7m tonnes of food a year, more than 60% of which could have been eaten – including about 17bn "five-a-day" portions. Fresh Discs are small round discs that sit in your fruit bowl, in your fridge or wherever you keep your fruit and veg. Then there are the "ethylene absorbing" discs you can place in a bowl to keep your fruit fresh for longer; the polyurethane foam cushions designed to prevent fruit and veg from becoming bruised; and the silicone "food huggers" into which you pop your leftover half a lemon or tomato.

The idea is that the polythene bags (clips not supplied) slow the natural ageing process and help stop moisture and bacteria forming. To put them to the test, we popped a couple of bananas in the Fresha bag and left another bunch out in the open directly next to them for 10 days to make a comparison. The Wheat Fields Bread Bag regulates the moisture and gases that escape from your bread, helping to keep it fresher for longer and reduce food waste. Great for moisturising delicate skin, the Nappy Rash Cream is a lanolin-free solution that contains. Our bread bags are designed to slow down this process by allowing just the right amount of moisture and gases to escape.

I always wash lettuce and put it in straight away and that does seem to keep it fresh longer I think. Ideal for storing vegetables like courgettes and carrots, or salad items like cucumber, lettuce and spinach leaves which can go off quickly, these clever medium-sized Stayfresh Longer Bags extend the life of almost any vegetables or fruit for several weeks, reducing waste and keeping more pennies in your pocket. As I bought them for Christmas I don't have any reports yet how they performed, but hope they do what they promise. Our bread bags are designed to keep your bread fresher for longer, and we're often asked how they work. Fresha bags may not be particularly attractive additions to the fruit bowl, and have to be twisted to close, but we're pleased with their results.investing in a fridge freshening device such as the Fridge Friend will extend the life of ALL food in your fridge, including fruit, vegetables, meat, dairy and fish! At the Good Housekeeping Institute we're keen on any products that help stop this wastage so we were intrigued when we heard about Fresha food storage bags that claim to keep food fresher for longer, using a blend of natural minerals which will slow down the aging process. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. I saw these bags and was really hoping they would work, but that question was answered really quickly, I wouldn't be without them now, keeps food fresher for much longer. There are many different ways that you can reduce your household food waste, we’ve listed some of our favourites below.