A self-heating container which comprises a container body having an internal beverage section and a thermic cavity. A liquid reactant is positioned in a first section of the thermic cavity and a solid reactant positioned in a second section of the thermic cavity. The solid reactant includes at least 70% by weight CaO and at least 5% by weight of a carbonate from the group consisting of MgCO.sub.3, CaCO.sub.3, SrCO.sub.3, BaCO.sub.3, and RaCO.sub.3.
This application is a Continuation-In-Part to U.S. application Ser. No. 10/003,877 filed on Oct. 25, 2001, which claims benefit of Provisional 60/288,184, filed May 2, 2001, which is incorporated herein by reference.
