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Can you point to an example? Silica packets are definitely used in foods that need to be kept super-dry, like seaweed or nuts -- absorbing residual moisture th
by crazygringo 2y ago
Can you point to an example?
Silica packets are definitely used in foods that need to be kept super-dry, like seaweed or nuts -- absorbing residual moisture that was in the product during packaging.
I've never heard of an oxygen absorber used in food. A lot of snacks and things (e.g. all potato chips) in airtight containers are packaged in nitrogen so there's no oxygen in the first place.
Are they for small-scale food production that can't use nitrogen? I've never encountered them in my life.
- bobsmooth 2y agoBacon bits, fried onions, beef jerky.
- xfp 2y agoThe Gimme-brand seaweed snacks I get contain oxygen absorbers. So do packages of Tillamook Country Smoker jerky and meat sticks. They seem to be fairly common with packages of jerky and other self-stable cured meats.
- numpad0 2y agoThere are both. Oxygen absorbers are used for moist snacks, apparently.
- Symbiote 2y agoI've seen these in imported Asian products, especially from China and Japan. Biscuits and similar dry snacks. I've never seen it for a European product.