Canned products with new packaging materials have a shelf life of up to one year

Recently, Heinz has begun to use a polymeric material produced by a Spanish company to replace traditional canned metal products.

It is reported that the use of new plastic canned food can extend the shelf life of food, such as canned cream cold soup shelf life of up to 1 year. This technology has won awards at the International Packaging and Canning Exhibition in Barcelona.

Catalara, the promoter of this technology, Valencia Institute of Agricultural Chemistry and Food Technology, said: “We have achieved many important results in the laboratory, but only if we enter the actual production stage can we prove whether this material is Can compete with current canned products on the market.”

Toraldas, a Spanish expert at DuPont, pointed out: "This new type of material cuts air, sunlight, moisture or other microorganisms into the interior of the container."

Katala also pointed out that from a hygiene point of view, the best packaging material for cans should be glass, but its existence can not resist the defects of the sun, while glass cans are still too heavy, fragile and difficult to transport and other issues, so it is difficult Attracting users has also led many companies to look to new materials.

Reprinted from: China Packaging News