The small white bean is great for recipes like white bean chicken chili, wheat berry and white bean salad, white bean dip with garlic sticks and more! Storage Advantage: This product is packaged in a poly bucket which is flushed with Nitrogen. Storing your food in a cool and dry environment along with nitrogen packing insures live organisms can't survive and provides maximum shelf life. Oxygen absorbers are helpful but they can only absorb a set amount of oxygen before absorbtion chemical expires. Nitrogen will remain in the bucket until it is emptied.