In recent years, with the rapid development of the food industry and the continuous upgrading of the consumer market, the food packaging industry has ushered in new trends. For example, new packaging materials can achieve green degradation, reduce 'white pollution', and intelligent packaging can monitor food temperature. , It can realize source traceability, anti-counterfeit identification, etc. It brings consumers different shopping experience.
What are the trends in the food packaging industry?
Green
'Green packaging' is also called 'sustainable packaging', in short, 'recyclable, easily degradable, lightweight'. At present, more and more countries and regions in the world have different ways to limit Or prohibit the use of plastic products, in addition to 'paper to replace plastic' and reduce 'white pollution', the use of new packaging materials (such as biological materials) has also become the industry's search direction.
The so-called biological materials refer to the use of biotechnology to process green or natural materials into packaging-applied materials. In some European countries, grease films, proteins, etc. have been used as food packaging materials, for example, a Danish brewery R&D. A kind of wood fiber wine bottle, which uses a more environmentally friendly packaging material, to achieve green degradation. Visible, biological packaging material has a very broad prospects, the future will be applied to various fields.
Versatile
With the rapid development of the packaging industry and the diversified demands of the consumer market, food packaging is moving in the direction of diversification of functions, including oil-proof, moisture-proof, fresh-keeping, high-barrier, active-packaging... and modern smart label technology, such as Dimension code, blockchain anti-counterfeiting, etc. How to combine with traditional packaging is also the future development trend of food packaging industry.
According to the author's understanding, a company that focuses on fresh product preservation technology is trying nanotechnology preservation packaging. According to relevant personnel, the green inorganic packaging box using nanotechnology is non-toxic and odorless. It can not only inhibit the food in the box (such as Breathing of fruits and vegetables can also absorb the gas emitted by the fruits and vegetables to adjust the internal temperature, effectively prolonging the shelf life of fruits and vegetables. In addition, the entire transportation process does not require any refrigerant and also has the effect of energy conservation.
Safe and reliable
We know that food is inseparable from packaging, and most packaging materials are in direct or indirect contact with the product, and the residues of hazardous substances in food packaging are too high. Food safety incidents that occur as a result of food migration have frequently occurred.
In addition, the basic function of packaging is to protect the safety of food. However, some food packaging not only does not play a role in protecting food, but it also contaminates the food because of the unqualified packaging itself. Therefore, the non-toxic and harmless food packaging materials protect the food. Safety plays a vital role.
Recently, an important new national standard for food contact materials has been fully implemented. Specifically, the food contact materials and final products of foods should be marked with 'food contact' or 'food packaging' or similar language, or printed. Sticking the chopsticks logo to a certain extent guarantees the safety of food packaging materials.
Xiao Bian concludes: With the rapid development of China's national economy, driving the sustained and rapid growth of China's consumer goods market, China's packaging industry usher in opportunities and challenges. Faced with the upgrading of people's consumption, there are high requirements for food packaging, environmental protection, and diverse functions. , Safe and reliable will also become a new trend in the development of the packaging industry.