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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 1992
Filed:
Aug. 27, 1990
Hidetoshi Hatakeyama, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Kashiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A deoxidizer package for use together with a food to be treated by a microwave irradiation comprises a deoxidation composition including iron powder, a metal halide, and a power filler having a small or no water-solubility and having a particle size of 60 mesh or finer and a specific surface area of 50 m.sup.2 /g or less, the powder filler being contained in of 100 volume parts or more for 100 volume parts of the iron powder. The deoxidizer package further has a gas permeable packaging material containing the deoxidation composition and having a gas permeability of 1,000 seconds/100cc or less in terms of Gurley gas permeability. A food pack can be prepared in which the deoxidizer package is packed together with a food in a container made of a material having an oxygen permeability of 200 ml/m.sup.2 24 hr atm or less. By various methods making use of the deoxidizer package in combination with microwave irradiation, freeze-storing and thawing a food, storing a food and heat-cooking a food can be effectively performed.