Choosing the right transport packaging for food products is essential for the shelf life and quality of your products. Packaging for this sector must meet various requirements and your specific needs. How do you choose the suitable packaging for your product? We’re happy to help you with that!
what requirements must transport packaging for the food industry meet?
The food industry has the following requirements for packaging:
- Food safety
The packaging must not release harmful substances that could affect the food products. This especially applies when there is direct contact between product and packaging, but the outer packaging must also be clean and suitable for the food chain.
- Hygiene
Packaging must be produced under hygienic conditions. For dry products such as powders or grains, a combination of a cardboard outer packaging with an inner bag or inliner is needed to guarantee hygiene.
- Protection against external influences
Moisture, dust, light, shocks or temperature fluctuations can negatively affect the quality of food products. Transport packaging must protect against these conditions.
- Traceability
Packaging must be provided with labels or codes to track origin and contents, in accordance with regulations.
- Compliance with laws and regulations
The packaging must comply with the laws and regulations that apply to food products.
what other considerations should you make?
In addition to the requirements imposed for this sector, you can consider several important points yourself when choosing the right packaging:
- Efficiency in transport and storage: Is the packaging stackable and does it use the available space optimally?
- Cost: What are the costs of the packaging and transport (weight, space usage)?
- Sustainability: Is the packaging recyclable and does it comply with the latest sustainability laws, such as the PPWR?
what options do you have?
For food products, there are various options when it comes to packaging. You can choose different materials, shapes or formats. Do you need to transport bulk products, are they solid or liquid substances, do you choose sustainable or reusable? These questions will help you choose the right packaging.
The most commonly used packaging for the food sector are plastic, steel or cardboard drums, big bags (also called FIBCs), plastic crates or boxes and pallet boxes. Each of these options has its own advantages and disadvantages. Because we specialize in cardboard drums, we will list the various advantages of these for you.
the adventages of cardboard
Cardboard drums are a particularly suitable choice for food products. They have many advantages:
- LDPE inliners can be added to cardboard drums. These protect your food products against direct contact with the cardboard and protect against contamination and moisture.
- Cardboard drums can be sealed with seals that have a unique coding. This makes your products safe and traceable during transport and storage.
- Barcodes, QR codes and other mandatory labels can easily be placed on the outside of the cardboard drums.
- If desired, cardboard drums can be printed with a logo or text to consistently convey your brand identity.
- The square shape of our Square Drums also offers various advantages compared to round variants. With the square shape you gain a lot of space, because you can transport proportionally much more content. They are also lightweight and easy to stack.
- Our cardboard drums are made from mono-material Kraftliner from renewable sources. They are easy to recycle, bio-based and CO2-neutral. This way you effortlessly comply with applicable sustainability rules.
choosing the best
The best choice for your product is a choice only you can make. Have you become curious about the possibilities of our cardboard drums? We’re happy to inform you about the possibilities for your food products. Feel free to contact us!
