Patent ID: 9427017
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: A23L,C08K

Claim Text:
1. An oxygen-scavenging composition, comprising: (I) an oxidizable metal component, wherein the oxidizale metal component consists of oxidizable metal particles having particles sizes ranging from 10 μm to 1,000 μm; (II) an electrolyte component; (III) a non-electrolytic, acidifying component; and (IV) a thermoplastic elastomer based on polybutylene terephthalate/polytetrahydrofuran, polybutylene terephthalate/polytrimethylene glycol, polybutylene terephthalate/polytrimethylene oxide, polybutylene terephthalate/polybutylacrylate, polybutylene terephthalate/glycol or polybutylene terephthalate/polyolefin, wherein: component (II) and component (III) are present in a weight ratio of 10/90 to 90/10; component (II) and component (III) are present in a total amount of 20 to 500 parts per 100 parts by weight of component (I); component (II) and component (IV) are present in a weight ratio of 10/90 to 90/10; and component (II) and component (IV) are present in a total amount of 20 to 500 parts per 100 parts by weight of component (I).