Packaging for steaming and related methods

A strainable comprising:

• a tube body that defines a front wall, a back wall, a top end and a bottom end, wherein the front and back walls and the top and bottom ends define at least a portion of a cavity that is configured to receive a food product therein, wherein the front wall and the back wall at least partially define an opening into the cavity;
• and
• a hook-and-hook closure element that is configured to transition between an open orientation and a closed orientation, wherein the hook-and-hook closure element is attached around at least a portion of the perimeter of the tube body at the top end of the tube body, wherein the hook-andhook closure element comprises hooks,
• wherein the tube body is configured to sealed such that the cavity is entirely enclosed after a food product has been introduced therein, and subsequently unsealed so as to permit access to the food product,
• wherein the hook-and-hook closure element is attached around at least a portion of the perimeter of the tube body at the top end of the tube body,
• wherein the hook-and-hook closure element is configured to act as a tortuous path filter for straining a liquid from non-liquid contents of the bag,
• wherein the bag further comprises instructions for using the bag, wherein the instructions are printed on a surface of the tube body, or an insert comprises the instructions, wherein the insert is positioned within the cavity of the tube body,
• wherein the instructions direct a user of the bag to:
• open an end of the bag that is closest to the hook-and-hook closure;
• transition the hook-and-hook closure to the closed orientation while a product is within the cavity of the bag;
• and
• drain fluid from the product through the hook-and-hook closure that is in the closed orientation.

A strainable bag the bag comprising:

• a tube body that defines a front wall, a back wall, a top end and a bottom end, wherein the front and back walls and the top and bottom ends define at least a portion of a cavity that is configured to receive a food product therein, wherein the front wall and the back wall at least partially define an opening into the cavity;
• and
• a hook-and-hook closure element that is configured to transition between an open orientation and a closed orientation,
• wherein the tube body is configured to be sealed such that the cavity is entirely enclosed after a product has been introduced therein, and subsequently unsealed so as to permit access to the product,
• wherein the hook-and-hook closure, when in the closed orientation, is configured to permit liquid to be strained out of the bag through the hook-and-hook closure while retaining at least a majority of a non-liquid portion of a product within the bag, and
• wherein the bag further comprises instructions for using the bag, wherein the instructions are printed on a surface of the tube body, or an insert comprises the instructions, wherein the insert is positioned within the cavity of the tube body,
• wherein the instructions direct a user of the bag to:
• transition the hook-and-hook closure to the closed orientation while a product is within the cavity of the bag;
• and
• drain fluid from the product through the hook-and-hook closure that is in the closed orientation.

A strainable bag, comprising:

• a tube body that defines a front wall, a back wall, a top end and a bottom end, wherein the front and back walls and the top and bottom ends define at least a portion of a cavity that is configured to receive a product therein;
• and
• a hook-and-hook closure element that is configured to transition between an open orientation and a closed orientation,
• wherein the hook-and-hook closure element is configured to act as a tortuous path filter for straining a liquid from non-liquid contents of the bag, and
• wherein the bag further comprises instructions for using the bag, wherein the instructions are printed on a surface of the tube body, or an insert comprises the instructions, wherein the insert is positioned within the cavity of the tube body,
• wherein the instructions direct a user of the bag to:
• transition the hook-and-hook closure to the closed orientation while a product is within the cavity of the bag;
• and
• drain liquid from the product through the hook-and-hook closure that is in the closed orientation.