Choosing Boxing Packaging and Containers for Food Products
First, let's Define What Containers and Packaging are? Packaging, unlike containers, is intended only for one-time use, to protect containers from external irritating factors (dust, dirt, water, sunlight). Example: a box of lollipops wrapped in plastic wrap. The container is a box, and the packaging is a film. That is, the container is used for storing food, and the packaging is used for protection. We figured out the definitions, now let's classify it all. Classification of Containers and Packaging It is divided into soft and hard. In soft packaging, the container is compact, weighs little, allows you to hermetically pack the goods, and is quite simple to manufacture. The most popular types of soft containers: are paper, polymers, and fabric. The main materials of soft containers: polymers (single-layer, multilayer, heat-shrinkable, polypropylene, polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride); paper, cardboard (craft); foil; combined materials. What is t...