Patent ID: 6209289
Filing Date: 2001-04-03
Classification: A23L

Abstract:
A method of removing oxygen from a container having a product and a high moisture environment and wherein oxygen was previously flushed out of said container and replaced by a gas containing carbon dioxide and wherein some oxygen may have remained and into which additional oxygen may have entered comprising the steps of providing a container, placing a product which produces a high moisture environment into said container, flushing the container with carbon dioxide to remove other gases from said container, sealing said container, and inserting into said container which has a high moisture environment after said flushing step and before said sealing step a mixture of an oxygen-absorbing component for absorbing oxygen from said container, a carbon dioxide generating component for generating carbon dioxide in said container, an acidifying component for activating said carbon dioxide generating component, and a dry water-attracting component for stabilizing the mixture against premature oxygen absorption and premature carbon dioxide generation before the mixture has been placed into said high moisture environment in said container and thereafter attracting moisture from the high moisture environment and supplying said moisture to said oxygen-absorbing component and said carbon dioxide generating component to thereby activate said oxygen-absorbing component to absorb said oxygen and also activate said acidifying component to combine with said carbon dioxide generating component to cause it to generate carbon dioxide.