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. 2021 Sep 2;10(9):2070. doi: 10.3390/foods10092070

Table 1.

General overview of oxygen transmission rate (OTR) values (mg/closure/month) obtained or recalculated from the literature for the main wine closures.

Closures Colorimetric * Chemiluminescence Coulometric
Cork stoppers Technical 0.003 to 0.004 0.025 e
0.050 e
0.03 to 0.05 b
Natural 0.007 to 0.010 NA 0.004 to 5.0 b
0.001 to 0.051 d
Synthetic Co-extruded 0.033
0.065
0.050 f
0.091 f
0.141 f
0.040 b
0.17 to 0.31 d
0.7 to 1.4 e
Screw caps Saran-tin 0.001 0.010 to 0.012 c <0.001 a
0.008 b
0.003 to 0.0039 c
Saranex 0.02 to 0.03 0.045 to 0.065 c 0.03 b
0.02 to 0.03 c

* Calculated after steady state reached (6 months). a, b, c, d, e, f According to [25], [26], [27], [28], [29], [30], respectively. NA—not analyzed.