{"id":1892,"date":"2017-08-22T08:00:51","date_gmt":"2017-08-22T12:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/truthful-food.com\/?p=1892"},"modified":"2021-07-06T22:20:36","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T02:20:36","slug":"fun-food-fact-food-packaging-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truthful-food.com\/fun-food-fact-food-packaging-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun Food Fact: Food Packaging I"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Fun Food Fact! Did you know that the &#8216;air&#8217; that you find in a lot of food packaging, is not the same air you and I breathe in every day? The air we breathe on earth is a mixture of roughly 78% Nitrogen, 21% Oxygen and minimal amounts of Argon, Carbon Dioxide, Neon, Helium, Methane, Krypton, Hydrogen, Nitrous Oxide and Xenon.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_1892_1('footnote_plugin_reference_1892_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_1892_1('footnote_plugin_reference_1892_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_1892_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_1892_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Brimblecombe, P. (1996).&nbsp;<em>Air composition and chemistry<\/em>. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_1892_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_1892_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Depending on what the optimal mixture of gasses is for a product to prolong its shelf-life, the mixture of gasses in food packaging can vary from 100% Nitrogen gas to 100% Carbon Dioxide gas,&nbsp;to a combination of Nitrogen gas, Carbon Dioxide gas and Oxygen gas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"314\" src=\"https:\/\/truthful-food.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Dr-Pepper-Cans-600.jpg\" alt=\"Modified Atmosphere Food Packaging\" class=\"wp-image-1897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truthful-food.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Dr-Pepper-Cans-600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/truthful-food.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Dr-Pepper-Cans-600-150x79.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>Modified Atmosphere Food Packaging<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>These gasses can be added to food packaging in a number of different ratios.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_1892_1('footnote_plugin_reference_1892_1_2');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_1892_1('footnote_plugin_reference_1892_1_2');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_1892_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[2]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_1892_1_2\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Robertson, G. L. (2013).&nbsp;<em>Food packaging: principles and practice<\/em>. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_1892_1_2').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_1892_1_2', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Optimizing the shelf-life of food by changing the atmosphere it is packaged in, is called&nbsp;modified atmosphere packaging (MAP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This Fun Food Fact (and all other Fun Food Facts) was originally posted on Truthful Science. For more science, check out [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.truthful-science.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.truthful-science.com<\/a>]!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Did you enjoy this Fun Food Fact? Please share it or leave a comment and follow Truthful Food on social media so that you won&#8217;t miss out on anything new!<\/p>\n<div class=\"speaker-mute footnotes_reference_container\"> <div class=\"footnote_container_prepare\"><p><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_label pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_1892_1();\">References<\/span><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button\" style=\"\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_1892_1();\">[<a id=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_1892_1\">+<\/a>]<\/span><\/p><\/div> <div id=\"footnote_references_container_1892_1\" style=\"display: none;\"><table class=\"footnotes_table footnote-reference-container\"><caption class=\"accessibility\">References<\/caption> <tbody> \r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_1892_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_1892_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_1892_1_1');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>1<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Brimblecombe, P. 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