Oxygen Absorber Packets, 500cc, 50-Pack – Long-Term Food Storage Freshness Protection

I bought these to help extend the storage of whole grains and heirloom grains that I bought for an excellent price by buying in 5 to 15 pound quantities because of all the health problems with modern wheat. I was especially happy with the hulless oat groats. Just do a search with "problems with modern wheat" and you will be quite surprised, but Wikipedia is useless with its ties to industry. I use the OAP (oxygen absorbing packets) with the grains I also use them when sprouting the grain to increase the health benefits and eliminate the anti-nutrients. I keep the sprouted grain in mason jars and seal it with the Food Saver otherwise sprouted grains will quickly grow mold or fungi. I realize that's overkill, but it greatly extends the life of the OAPs. It's the larger containers that have more oxygen that use up the packets. I split the grains in smaller containers as soon as I can.. I did make a big mistake by storing the unused OAPs in one of those food saver bags and they don't hold their seals. Now I put them in a quart mason jar again using the Food Saver. I always soak the lids in hot water right before I use them giving me a better chance of a good seal. I keep at least one small mason jar full with each type of the 6 sprouted types of grain, a couple for almost a year before using it and have never lost a seal or had any issues with mold or fungi. The one improvement that would really be helpful would be to add oxygen indicators. After using an OAP in one of the larger containers there is no way to tell if there is any life left in it. Otherwise these do a good job.

I use 3 quart Zephyrhills water bottles for storing dry goods (white rice, pinto beans, oatmeal, pasta, and Cheerios). These work really well. They create a super tight vaccum. The bottles I fill with rice feel like a brick. I recommend using all 50 at once versus using some, then storing the rest in a mason jar. One thing I don't like about them, but not worth losing a star over since I don't see any other manufacturers offering this, would be to sell them in packs of 50, but separate them into packs of 10. That way you don't have to use them all at once. Other than that it is an excellent product.

I bought these to extend the shelf life of my deli meats at home. They work very well, but keep in mind that you have to store oxysorb packets in a glass jar with a good canning lid. These work at all times, and they must be stored in an airtight container. I have found out that the thin plastic bag deli meats come in are flimsy and your oxysorb packets will expire rapidly. (They get hard). I use a thick food storage container with a lid, and it works well, no more sour meats.

These are GREAT to have. I didn't even know a person could buy these. We live in COLD country, our highways get shut down and we get snowed in, so I always make sure there is a good supply of food. Oxy-Sorb leave no taste, have no odor and seal Jar foods really well almost instantly. There is only one thing I found that I wasn't too happy about. Under Product Desription (on this Website) no where does it say you have to put the unused ones in a jar or something to seal them or they dry up really fast. I learned the hard way but thankfully these are not expensive so I just ordered more. They are WELL WORTH IT!!!

Can't beat the cost savings of using Oxygen absorbers to preserve food longer. With the cost of food rising it is worth the time you take to store up some extra pasta, dried beans, rice, and dehydrated veggies in glass canning jars with an added Oxygen Absorber. Gives you a peace of mind . These shipped fast and I keep the extras in a sealed canning jar to add to anything I need to preserve longer or keep fresher.

Many of these did not work. Put into the Mylar bags. 2 days later bags still were not compressed. Added 2 more absorbers, still didn’t seal. This was multiple bags. Tried another brand. Worked within 24 hours. Buy another brand.

Great. Worked well with all methods of preservation both canning jars and vacuum sealer. Only challenge was one package we open all oxygen absorbers started heating up. Wish directions came with products on how to quickly stop actions of absorbers not used at that time. I quickly put them in canning jar and sealed with vacuum sealer

I popped one of these into each 1 gallon mylar bag when I sealed my flour and potato flakes. I used a flat iron to seal the bags, and within a few hours, the bags looked like they'd been vacuum sealed. Since there are 25 of these in a bag, you've got to be prepared to use them quickly. I used my flat iron to reseal the bag they came in since I didn't use all 25, then put that resealed bag into a mason jar.

ESTOS ABSORBENTES VIENEN EMPAQUETADOS AL VACIÓ Y CON CAPSULA ROSA DE MEDICIÓN DE OXIGENO, LO QUE NOS DA UNA MAYOR GARANTÍA EN EL PRODUCTO A LA HORA DE ENVASAR ALIMENTO.

Ces absorbeurs d’oxygène sont parfait, utilisés avec des sacs en Mylar et des absorbeurs d’humidités pour des réserves longue conservation de riz, flocon d'avoine, pâtes, sucre, lentilles et haricot rouge. A la réception verifiez l'indicateur présent dans le paquet, celui-ci doit être rose, si il est gris ils ont été exposer à l'air. Il faut par-contre préparé vos sac AVANT d’ouvrir votre paquet d'oxy-sorb, si vous n'utilisez pas tout le paquet sortez seulement ceux dont vous avez besoin, mettez les dans vos sacs et scellez les rapidement. Pensez bien a chasser l'air au maximum de vos sac avant de les sceller. Comptez environs 20 minutes maximum d'exposition à l'air ensuite il perdrons beaucoup de leur efficacité. Le sachet contenant les oxy-sorb peut être re-sceller mais je vous conseille des les stocker dans un ou plusieurs sacs en Mylar sous vide pour une utilisation future. 24H après avoir scellez vos sacs d'aliments vous devriez voir vos sac se replier sur eux même et un "moulage" de vos aliments doit apparaître sur le coté des sacs, si ce n'est pas le cas alors vous devez recommencer... Leur durée maximum de conservation est de 1 an.

Excellent product all 50 are vacuum sealed together so try to mitigate how long they are exposed to air before opening the bag. I recommend tossing the remainder into a food saver bag and vacuum sealing them until you need them again.

I just purchased a 50 pack of these and they didn't come with any instructions. So, I took 2 out to use them without realizing I was supposed to reseal the original bag. I left the unopened bag of oxygen absorbers on a wood counter and the next morning the bag and counter it was sitting on was very hot! Hot enough to start a fire? I'm not sure. Other than the wood counter it was sitting on, there wasn't anything particularly flammable near it. It was only then that I started looking for instructions and reviews of this product. I will be looking for a refund if they no longer work.