Vacuum packaging / Modified Atmosphere Packaging is considered to be the best & natural way of enhancing the keeping quality of perishable food for a very long time, this is an inherited knowledge passed on to us through generations and enriched from time to time. Now, with the help of modern science, Vacuum equipment's are manufactured to meet the specific requirement of the industry. Mostly, cashew and coffee is shipped in bulk packets by the processors to intermediary buyers or processors world over. Modern export packing of cashews consisting of one single 50 lbs or 2 X 25 lbs vacuum packed in plastic paper carton. This has become a proven, time tested method for export packing of cashew kernels. Tin packaging ( 10 kgs ) is still being used for packing cashew in bulk for some export markets and in some particular markets within the country. Whereas Flexible vacuum packing has got considerable advantage over tin packaging in terms of keeping quality and per unit packing cost ( the cost of flexible packaging is considerably lower against tin packing cost