Silica Gel Dubai

Most people know about silica gel, that we are not supposed to eat it. It is the unseen substance that inhabits those tiny white packets placed in new shoe boxes, laptop bags, and Asian snack foods, or with some medicines. It will keep the product safe by absorbing excess moisture from the surroundings.

Invariably, the ominous warning “do not eat” is always there above the silica gel or desiccant packet. Sometimes it is mentioned by the edict, “throw away.” In case that’s not clear enough, a few varieties depict a skull and crossbones. It is generally a substance which is not acting with any other products or chemicals. Let's see what happens if you eat it?

Nothing, nothing will happen if we eat any desiccant as a small quantity accidentally. And we know that we will not eat a big quantity by accident. Silica gel is another form of silicon dioxide, it is a naturally occurring mineral, better known in its granular form as sand or in crystals as quartz. Its most important feature is its porousness, which permits it to absorb up to 40 percent of its weight in water.

In the middle of the 20th century, it has been started widely used as a desiccant, placed inside containers to avoid the contents from getting damp. Most commonly, it comes in the shape of beads packed in a permeable packet. It can easily absorb wet contents from the surroundings of products, but make sure it is a closed container. 

Silica gels are used in everything from museum display cases to electronic equipment packaging. It can be used directly along with food products also. Because as it is a non-toxic element it will not make any changes to the food products.

We can describe silica gel as an inert, non-toxic substance that’s essentially harmless.  It is Indigestible. Because when it passes through the body and comes out looking much the same as when it went in, we can say that it is indigestible.