Vacuum packing hanya ce ta marufi wacce ke cire iska daga cikin kunshin kafin hatimin. Wannan hanyar ta ƙunshi (da hannu ko ta atomatik) sanya abubuwa a cikin fakitin fim ɗin filastik, cire iska daga ciki da rufe kunshin. A wasu lokuta ana amfani da fim mai ƙyama don samun matattarar abubuwan da ke ciki. Manufar tattara kayan aiki galibi shine cire oxygen daga kwandon don tsawanta rayuwar abinci da, tare da nau'ikan fakiti masu sassauƙa, don rage ƙarar abubuwan da ke ciki da kunshin.

Acuaukar fanko yana rage iskar oxygen, yana iyakance ci gaban ƙwayoyin cuta ko fungi, da kuma hana danshin abubuwa masu illa. Hakanan an saba amfani dashi don adana busassun abinci akan lokaci mai tsawo, kamar hatsi, kwayoyi, naman da aka warke, cuku, kifi mai hayaki, kofi, da kuma ɗankalin turawa (crisps). A kan wani gajeren zango, ana iya amfani da kwandon shara don adana sabbin abinci, kamar su kayan lambu, nama, da ruwa, saboda yana hana haɓakar ƙwayoyin cuta.