What Are Types of Packaging for Food?

 Food may be the most important commodity that no one can live without, whether you are rich or poor...But before food can reach us consumers from farm or factory, packaging plays an important role to keep it fresh and good! With the rapid development of economy and technology, food packaging is constantly evolving, showing new characteristics to meet new consumer needs and echo the environmental protection appeal as well. Expanding the functions of food packaging and low-pollution green packaging have become the development trend of food packaging in the new century.

What are types of packaging for food?

#1 Type: Aseptic Packaging for Food

Consumer demand today has brought about higher requirements for the function of food packaging preservation. Food aseptic packaging is actually a method of sealing the sterilized food in a sterilized container, keeping it in a sealed state after filling, and increasing the shelf life without adding preservatives nor refrigeration. Aseptic fresh-keeping packaging is the most popular in the food industry of various countries. Its application is not only limited to fruit juice and fruit juice drinks, but also used to package milk, mineral water, wine and so on.

#2 type: Green Packaging for Food

Simply put, green packaging refers to packaging that does not pollute the ecological environment, is harmless to human health, and can be recycled. Experts predict that green food packaging will dominate the world market in the next 10 years, which also caters to the needs of consumers, because people are now extremely concerned about the topic of environmental protection. And all cardboard retail food packaging will get wider use in future...

#3 Type: Functional Packaging

Functional packaging is a new type of food packaging which usually involves technological innovation. Functional packaging can be presented in a variety of ways. For example, a US company applies some sort of UV blocker to packaging to prevent changes in the color, smell, taste and nutrition of the packaging content. A Japanese company has introduced a kind of preservative paper that can be used for food packaging, which can keep food with marinade for 3 weeks at a high temperature of 38 degrees without deteriorating.

#4 Type: Smart Packaging 

Smart packaging is smart to display some important parameters such as the temperature, humidity, pressure, degree of sealing, and time of the packaging space. Generally, it is composited with functional packaging materials such as photoelectric temperature-sensitive, humidity-sensitive, and gas-sensitive. There is a lot of room for development of this kind of packaging.

#5 Type: Conveniece Food Packaging 

None of the first four can replace this. Convenient food packaging can bring more convenience to consumers' life. Convenient packaging that realizes self heating or self cooling in a short time can meet the needs of many outdoor workers, tourists, etc.

#6 Type: Personalized Food Packaging 

The increase in similar products has made entrepreneurs fiercely chasing in appearance and function. Visual stimulation plays an increasingly relevant role in consumer choice. Different colors can give consumers different psychological reactions, and the clever use of color emotion laws can arouse consumers' attention. The personalized development of food packaging is an inevitable trend.