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[–] thepreciousboar@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago (3 children)

What kind of food are you eating that is packaged alongside silica gel?

[–] YerbaYerba@lemm.ee 44 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I have seen in in dried foods like beef jerky or seaweed.

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago

Or anything freeze dried!

[–] thepreciousboar@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Ok guys, seriosuly no offence, but are you all from the states? I don't want to do the usual US bashing, but I've never seriously seen silica gel in any kind of food, and especially in oral medicines that are individually packaged in protective atmosphere. So I feel like like it's a cultural difference

[–] BobQuixote@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Lemmy is probably primarily US like Reddit. (US here.)

I can imagine silica being in a medicine bottle. After you break the seal, you'll put the lid back on and the medicine should stay dry. I'm uncertain whether I've ever actually seen that, though.

[–] Louisoix@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

Seen it many times in Europe (Czech Republic) and now in Japan in some packages.

[–] pinkystew@reddthat.com 12 points 3 months ago

It's included in bottles of oral medication as well.

[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

Foods that are ruined by ambient humidity, that's what kind.