By Michael, on March 16th, 2011 
Oxygen absorbers are essential when packing away emergency food on your own. When I first started collecting food for our emergency storage, I took all the food out of their packages and stored them in plastic bags, and then into bigger containers. While this works with dry food such as pasta, it doesn’t work with other foods. One time, I must have spent a good 100 dollars on containers of nuts, and transferred them into a 5 gallon metal container. Thinking they would be safe from bugs, I didn’t factor in the oxygen. Oxygen absorbers are made of the active ingredient of which is a powdered iron oxide, and are completely safe for food. While they are not edible, they are not toxic, because no harmful gases are created and in addition the oxygen does not remove the fresh smell and taste of the product. When used with proper packaging and sealing, the oxygen in the packaging is greatly reduced. These oxygen absorbers bring the oxygen level down reliably to .01% or less, allowing your emergency food supplies to last longer.
One customer leaves a comment:
Oxygen absorbers are self-defined. They absorb oxygen. That’s all they do, and that’s all they need to do. During the season for many fresh fruits and vegetables, I buy organics at the farmers’ markets in quantity and dehydrate them at home for use throughout the off-season. Occasionally, in the past, I have had some of my dehydrated foods spoil due to moisture finding its way into the (supposedly airtight) jars. Since water is two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen, moisture cannot form if either component is missing. Hence oxygen absorbers. I have not had a single failure since I began using them. They’re not terribly exciting, but they are effective and I recommend them for anyone who dehydrates foods.
Another mistake I have learned is that even though food is dehydrated, and kept in air tight jars, doesn’t mean the food is free from mold. With the air that is existent in the containers, mold will develop. I learned first hand with some fruit that I dehydrated. We all learn. You can save quite a bit of money if you can take the summer fruit that is inexpensive and dehydrate them, and store them away in containers using Oxygen Absorbers.
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