Oxygen Absorbers

300cc Oxygen Absorber Pack

Oxygen Absorbers are Life Support for Jars, Bags, Bins, and Buckets

It's important to use oxygen absorbers when vacuum-sealing your fruit and vegetables, after dehydrating and conditioning. The very page you're reading now is probably ONE of the most IMPORTANT pages on Easy Food Dehydrating. Why? Well, if you're interested in storing food for Long Term, you need to make sure to add oxygen absorbers inside your dehydrated vacuum-sealer bags PRIOR to sealing them with your FoodSaver machine or (whichever brand of vacuum-sealer you purchased).

Remember: tuck a 100cc oxygen absorber inside the vacuum bag just before you vacuum seal it, or drop an oxygen absorber in the mason jar just before screwing on its lid.

If you're using a small (half-pint) jar, use a 50cc oxygen absorber.

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Why Use Oxygen Absorbers?

The oxygen absorbers protect dry foods from insect damage and extend the shelf life by preventing mold growth which eliminates the need for additives like BHA, BHT, and sorbates, etc.

They are non-toxic, which is good to know, as they are in direct-contact with our food!

Why Use
Oxygen Absorbers?

The oxygen absorbers protect dry foods
from insect damage and extend the
shelf life by preventing mold growth
which eliminates the need for additives
like BHA, BHT, and sorbates, etc.

They are non-toxic, which is good to
know, as they are in
direct-contact with our food!

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Various Sizes For The Right Application

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These little oxygen absorbers are readily available in different sizes, such as the 100cc, 300cc, and 2000cc. The reason for different sizes depends upon what size container your dehydrated foods are placed in.

For a quart-sized jar or vacuum bag, use a 100cc oxy-pack (shown here and at the bottom of this page).

For a 10" x 14" Mylar bag, use a 300cc oxy-pack (very top photo).

For storage bins or buckets, use 2000cc oxy-pack (not shown).

Read more about different oxygen absorber sizes here.

Pink Pill = Good
Blue/Purple Pill = Bad!

When the 100-pack of oxy-packs first
arrives, BEFORE OPENING IT or
putting it away, I'll immediately
check for the little pill in the bag.
It MUST BE PINK.
If it's BLUE/PURPLE ... that's not good.

PINK = GOOD

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The pill turns BLUE/PURPLE when the pill has absorbed oxygen, therefore telling you that the contents of the shipment are probably no-good. So before you OPEN that shipped package, check for a pink pill. If it's blue/purple, return that shipment unopened for a replacement order!

Blue/Purple = NO GOOD

Photo shows the pills that have turned from a very definite PINK to an almost blueish purple color.

This indicates that the oxygen absorbers contained in the bag are highly-likely "no good."

Blue/Purple Pill In The Packet = NO GOOD

5 Bags Each With 20 Oxy-packs Inside

If the pill is good, I'll open the new 100-pack bag, and take out 5 quart-size vacuum-sealer bags. Place 20 oxy-packs from the 100-pack bag into each of the quart-size vacuum-sealer bags, and immediately vacuum seal them.

So I now have five quart-size bags with 20 oxy-packs in each of them. The pink pill from the original bag can go into one of the five bags – no need to throw it away, we can use it up!

The reason for doing this is because I don’t want to continually open and seal the same bag to take out one or two oxy-packs, it would soon ruin the other oxy-packs with air infiltration before we even get a chance to use them!

Cut Just Below the Old Seal

When I'm ready to use an oxygen pack, I simply cut along the bottom of the seal at the top of the bag, as shown here, by the white dashed line. Cut as straight as you can and as close to the old seal as you can – then I remove as many packets as I need and put them in the dehydrated food bags that are waiting to be vacuum sealed.

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Reseal Opened Oxygen Absorber Bags
Immediately After Use

Then straight away, I'll re-vacuum and seal the oxy-pack bag (see photo).

I can re-seal one of the oxy-pack bags about four times ... and if I've any remaining packets and the bag gets 'too short' to reseal, I'll put those remaining packets into a new bag and vacuum seal it!

Oxygen Absorbers