Methods for treating food and a deoxodizer package in a microwave oven

摘要

A deoxidizer package for use together with a food to be treated by a microwave irradiation comprises a deoxidation composition including iron poweder, a metal halide, and a powder 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 m2/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/100 cc 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/m2 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.