Krill Oil

[woodelf]

I am taking Mega Red Omega 3 Krill oil capsules, but in each bottle, there is a little packet of something....what is that something? Ta Muchly.

[boxtops]

Is it a little white oblong packet, feels like crumbly stuff? If so, it's a thing to keep the capsules from getting soggy, the stuff inside absorbs moisture. Don't eat it (smile).

[Mamyalynne]

Ah like the silica you get in shoe boxes Boxy? Never seen that in a medicine/supplement package.

Hi Woodelf, long time no speak. X

Mamya

[woofgang]

my dogs have evening primrose oil and you get a silica pouch in there too.

[woodelf]

Hi Boxie, yeah, that sounds like it and sounds like little seeds and I'll leave it well alone!...Hi Mamya, long speak, no time!...and Many Thanks Woofgang.

[Clanad]

Pedantically, they're known as dehydrator packets (at least here in the U.S.)

Technically, they are, as Mamyalynne intimates, Silica gel, which is a desiccant, a substance that absorbs moisture. Here we see them in small clear packets with a small nubbin of something that turns pink in color if moisture is actaully absorbed.

Being, on the surface, one of those rather annoying little things in modern life, they actually have several other uses... such as:
Throw a couple in your filing cabinet to keep important papers dry;
I sue them in my garage tool box to help keep tools from rusting;
Mrs. C found that they help in drying flowers. She puts several packets in a brown paper bag and adds the flowers;
We aslo add one or two in our bags of opened potato chips (think ya'll call them "crisps, no?). Keeps the chips nice and crispy...

[grasscarp]

Hiya Clanad. Great to see you. I was just checking out ppruneorg which I suspect you may know of. I put an answer about north Atlantic tracks earlier.

[Clanad]

Hiya, grass! Yep, I use pprune oft. In line with your specialty, I see they're actually talking about introducing RNP 10 (and later 4) for MNPS in North Atlantic... Rest of the world uses RNP such as out in the CEPAC and NOPAC, maybe utilizing RNP would reduce congestion, especially in the eastbound lanes...

Good to hear from you!

[grasscarp]

Likewise. You are talking my language but may not mean much to others. I just started a specialist nav course for dispatchers with much about PBN. :0)

[gingejbee]

@ Clanad: the something that turns pink to indicate that moisture has been absorbed is cobalt chloride; sometimes the silica gel "crystals" are stained with it so the whole lot is self-indicating.

[Clanad]

Thanks, ginge… interesting science in everyday life, no?

[Clanad]

Grass… I've always said "Bless the instructors!"...