Vacuum bags  (also known as vacuum packaging, cryovac bags, heat seal bags, bone in bags, bone bags, boneguard bags, vac bags, vacuum pouch, heat seal bags, vacuum sealing bags, vacuum food bags, barrier pouch, vacuum pack plastic bag, barrier pouch) are used for a variety of foods and reasons. The most common are: Foods you can vacuum pack : Cheese : Hard cheese : Soft cheese : cottage cheese baskets : meat : raw meat : boned meat : Ham leg : Salami : ready meals : roasts : deli meats : cured meats :