Aseptic packaging has many advantages and great development potential

[Chinese Packaging News] Packaging is one of the materials that are in direct contact with food, and can serve to isolate air, extend shelf life, and protect food from external contamination. And these functions usually require a complete aseptic packaging process. As consumer food safety awareness increases, aseptic packaging machines will become one of the essential equipment for food production.

Aseptic packaging technology has many advantages

Aseptic packaging was born in the 40s. After more than half a century of development, the technology is very mature. At present, aseptic packaging has accounted for more than 65% of liquid food packaging in developed countries, and has grown at a rate of more than 5% annually. China's aseptic packaging technology started in the 1970s and rapidly developed in the late 1980s and early 1990s. From the initial introduction of foreign aseptic equipment production lines and packaging materials to independent research and development, China's aseptic packaging technology From scratch, and gradually matured.

Aseptic packaging technology has many advantages. First, it can make the nutrients of foods well preserved. Second, the composite packaging materials and vacuum state can protect the product from intrusion of light, gas, odor, and microorganisms, so that foods do not need to be added with preservatives. , transportation, warehousing without refrigeration; Third, aseptic packaging products generally have a brick shape, raw materials for the paper, the product of high space utilization, light weight, so the cost is not too high, the cost of soft drinks for packaging only One-fourth of the metal cans are filled with 97% of the total weight of the cans; the fourth is that the packaging meets the trend of environmental packaging.

Due to the above advantages of aseptic packaging, the technology has been applied to the packaging of food, beverages, dairy products, edible oils, and wine, spices, medicines, cosmetics and other products. Today, the vast majority of milk in developed countries and more than half of the juices are aseptically packaged. This packaging process is being promoted in China and is widely viewed by people in the industry.

Aseptic packaging technology attracts attention

In recent years, it has attracted attention for several years in the application of new aseptic packaging technology. New shapes, new materials, and related technologies with new injection ports are all practical. This is the result of efforts made by the packaging industry to adapt to the requirements of reforming the packaging of dairy products and soft drink production companies.

Tepeque Park is a world-renowned packaging design, processing and production giant, often in the global packaging industry to launch a refreshing packaging product design thinking and form. The company’s Canadian subsidiary also launched an eight-carcass aseptic prismatic packaging box with an LL capacity. In addition to its unique shape, this box has a uniquely designed lid system.

About 70% of packaging containers designed and produced by Tesarpak are made of cardboard. Such containers are rigid and can effectively block light. A layer of polyethylene film is adhered to the inner and outer walls of the cardboard box, mainly to prevent leakage and repeated contamination. Due to the “sterile” treatment on the box wall, the juice has a long shelf life even without the use of a refrigerator or preservatives.

China's aseptic packaging has great potential for development

China's packaging industry has developed rapidly in recent years and has become the third largest packaging country in the world. But overall, the domestic food aseptic packaging industry is still not ideal. Compared with developed countries, the main problems in the aseptic packaging industry in China are: single species, unreasonable product structure, small scale of production, low output, and low degree of mechanization. But it also means that China's aseptic packaging industry still has great development prospects.

With the continuous improvement of the people's living standards and the general strengthening of consumer awareness and the change in consumer attitudes, China's aseptic packaging industry will usher in new opportunities for development. Aseptic packaging technology not only has a good development space in the dairy industry, but also has begun to develop in other industries. The technical equipment of a large number of large enterprises in the beverage industry in China has approached or reached the international advanced level. In the future, the beverage industry will have a great demand for packaging equipment, especially tea fillings and juice-free beverage filling equipment.

China's packaging companies must take a firm foothold in the country and even internationally and climb upwards. They must also make efforts in terms of quality and reliability. Enterprises must make great progress in production and sales, seize opportunities, and seize the market. In terms of technology, we must give full play to the advantages and characteristics of the enterprise itself. We do not seek everything, but strive for refinement, and truly perform the performance and quality of the equipment. Impeccable. With the intensification of domestic competition, companies must also improve product quality and improve product performance, and through their own development, gradually break the situation in which imported equipment dominates the high-end market for a long time. Aseptic packaging technology made in China will surely go abroad and go global.