Oxygen Absorbers:

Activated by air regardless of moisture levels
Start working fast (in about an hour)
Can be used with both moist and dry foods

Each bag of Oxygen Absorbers includes two hundred individual absorber packets.  These are type 300cc High Efficiency Oxygen Absorbers. Plan to use oxygen absorbers within 6 months of purchase as they will lose effectiveness after that time.  Oxygen absorbers will begin to work as soon as the plastic outer packaging (do not open the individual packets) is opened.  Please plan ahead and either use all of the absorbers or seal the remaining packets in an airtight glass mason jar. This will cause the packets to stop working until air is introduced again.

Thoughts on Oxygen Absorbers:

I sell 300cc absorbers. They will absorb 300+ cc of oxygen. A #10 can holds 13 cups or very roughly 3300cc. Air is 21% oxygen. So that empty 3300cc #10 can actually has about 683cc of oxygen in it. If you take a full cup of beans it takes about 0.375 cups of water to bring the water level up to the top of the cup.  This is true with most of the whole seeds I've measured including wheat and rice. This figure is important because it also tells you how much air is in the can when it is full of seeds - 37.5%. With a #10 can full of these products, you now have about 256cc of oxygen left in the can. If you are canning a powder you will have less air than this but foods like macaroni will have more.  I use one (or two for items that leave more air space such as pasta) 300cc absorber in each of my #10 cans as I'd rather have a bit of overkill than a little oxygen left in the can in case the absorber becomes loaded.

A 6 gal bucket holds 22,740cc. Going through the above calculations, a full 6 gal bucket of grain or beans has about 1791cc oxygen left in the container at sea level. You will need four of our absorbers if you are packing up your food at lower elevations.   However, because these oxygen absorbers are so inexpensive and the food you are most likely trying to preserve is usually expensive (not only in cost, but in terms of the impact it would have on your family if it was spoiled the one time you really needed to use it in a real emergency), a little bit of over kill is probably not a bad thing, and maybe 2 to 3 absorbers per can would be a wise thing to do.  At least that's what I do at our house.

I have been doing a lot of food storage at our house and have a lot of information about food storage times and different ways to store food.  Please email me if you have any questions.  I'd love to help you out.

Just To Clarify:

These are the real deal.  I have done extensive research on the various oxygen absorbers out there and these are genuine 300cc oxygen absorbers.    They are top of the line, first rate products bought through reliable trusted companies who have been in the business for decades and stake their reputation on these products.  Please don't let scare tactics and misrepresentation convince you to spend more money when you don't need to.

These are the very oxygen absorbers I use in my food storage and I count on them to work and work right.

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