Oxygen Absorbers

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What Are Oxygen Absorbers?
http://www.sorbentsystems.com/o2absorbers.html

ImageOxygen absorbers are made of a chemical compound, the active ingredient of which is a powdered iron oxide. Our absorbers are completely safe. While they are not edible, they are not toxic. No harmful gases are created and the oxygen does not remove the fresh smell and taste of the product.

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Oxygen Absorbers: How To Use Them
There are two types of oxygen absorbers
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Oxygen Absorbers
https://thesurvivalmom.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/LDS-Preparedness-Manual.pdf

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Oxygen absorbers are a relatively recent food storage tool whose arrival has been a real boon to the person wanting to put up oxygen sensitive dry foods at home. The packets absorb free oxygen from the air around them and chemically bind it by oxidizing fi nely divided iron into iron oxide. This removes oxygen from being available for other purposes such as oxidative rancidity and respiration by insects, fungi or aerobic bacteria. ---CONTINUED---

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WHAT IS AN OXYGEN ABSORBER?
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Hand Warmers-Oxygen Absorber Substitute! -YouTube Video

So, here's a GREAT idea, in a video that explains just how hand warmers can be a substitute for oxygen absorbers:

Oxygen absorbers, their dirty little secret exposed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3Wvp01IiLs&feature=fvwrel

Description "Oxygen absorber, There dirty little secret exposedJust something else those greedy corporations do not want the general public to know about. They would have you believe that those little packets contain some magical concoction they alone can manufacture. ..... "
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Oxygen Absorbers... Prepping with oxygen absorbers for your food storage
http://www.happypreppers.com/oxygen-absorbers.html

Oxygen Absorbers Pack-fresh Using oxygen absorbers is a prepping basic, but if you're new to prepping you may have questions about how to use them. Oxygen absorbers remove oxygen from a sealed environment ~ such as a mason jar, a Mylar bag, a can, or a food grade bucket to help your food last years longer than they would with nothing.

Some of the many reasons to use oxygen absorbers is to: ... ---CONTINUED---
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Oxygen Absorbers for Long Term Food Storage
https://www.primalsurvivor.net/oxygen-absorbers/

If exposed to oxygen, even non-perishables like beans and rice will eventually start to go bad. If you want to store food long-term, you’ll have to protect it from oxygen. Luckily, there’s a cheap and easy solution: oxygen absorber packets. ---CONTINUED---
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