Japan Develops Plastic Packaging Materials for Space Food

Normal >     Recently, Dainippon Printing has developed packaging materials for space foods. In order to make it resistant to changes in air pressure, but also easy to eat in the space, the plastic composite material ingeniously designed the structure, the resulting transparent bag installed cold and hot water inlet and drinking mouth, into the freeze-dried food You can use it later. The company plans to start sample shipments to food manufacturers from this year.

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Normal > The bag part of the packaging material is a three-layer structure of polyethylene, nylon, and polyester from the inside to the outside, and the thickness is 80 μm, 25 μm, and 12 μm, respectively. The caliber of the drinking mouth uses a size suitable for the soup to eat together. The drinking mouth and the lid are connected together with a resin cord and the lid will not float or be lost after unsealing. Also, when the lid is inserted into the drinking port in reverse, it can be resealed. Hot and cold water inlets can be connected to NASA's water cooking equipment. In addition, silicone components are also provided so that moisture does not leak after filling.

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Normal > Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) develops and implements "Space Japanese foods" (curry rice and ramen noodles used by ordinary families in Japan) for use on experimental capsule "Hope" launched in 2007. The project, and in December 2006, established the certification standards for space Japanese food. The new packaging material was developed for this purpose. At the same time, as a series of products, will also develop non-drinking rice packaging bags and cooking food bags.

Reprinted from: Global Flexible Packaging Industry