Protective packaging for refrigerated perishable foods

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To transport perishable merchandise, the protective packaging must help to preserve the cold chain and withstand very demanding conditions, which will guarantee that the properties of the products remain intact at all times.

Seafood contributes 35% of the market, ice cream and solutions 23% and 22%, respectively, and the remaining 20% ​​is divided almost equally between vegetables (including potatoes) and the rest of the products from the frozen chest.

Why is protective packaging so important in the food industry?

The main challenge is achieving protective packaging adapted to the product, resistant to transport conditions, and ensuring food safety by reducing the risk of contamination.

To properly protect food, it will be necessary to use resistant and insulating protective packaging that addresses the problems posed by food transport both statically and dynamically. If adequate and strong protective packaging is used, the cargo can travel by air, land and sea, arriving at its destination in the same conditions it was shipped from its origin.

Characteristics that the protective packaging must have to avoid damage to perishable products.

Impermeability

Protect products from moisture and external agents to ensure the properties remain intact.

Manageability

The protective packaging must be designed to be easily handled manually or by mechanical means.

Resistance

Internal impacts, accelerations, vibrations produced by motors or stress such as the weight of stacked goods.

Identification and Control

Good protective packaging contains all the information that allows you to travel safely and reach the intended destination.

How to pack and transport perishable merchandise

Making exported meat, fish, fruit, and vegetables arrive in optimal conditions is not easy. The protective packaging and transport of these products, whose quality degrades over time and due to environmental conditions, especially if there are temperature variations, make choosing the right protective packaging essential for the products to arrive correctly.

For this reason, when transporting perishable goods, the protective packaging must help to preserve the cold chain and withstand very demanding conditions, which will guarantee that the properties of the products remain intact at all times.

Britwrap protective packaging solution for transporting perishable products.

Britwrap, a specialist in the development of cardboard protective packaging, offers an innovative cardboard Box Pallet capable of dynamically supporting frozen or refrigerated merchandise. In addition, this protective packaging receives a treatment that gives it hydrophobic properties, generating a barrier against oil, grease and water vapor, making it ideal for use in the food sector.

This protective packaging receives a water-repellent treatment that makes it waterproof inside and out, which allows it to be in direct contact with food and can be used as direct storage protective packaging with the product.

A Britwrap-treated pallet box is waterproof inside and out, allowing it to be in direct contact with food and any type of application in containers that may be in contact with food, so it complies with the regulations. FDA, Alimentary Codex for products in contact with food.

It is ideal for protective packaging refrigerated, frozen, and deep-frozen foods such as meat, fish, shellfish, fruit and vegetables to be transported by land in refrigerated trucks or train wagons, by the sea in refrigerated chambers or by air.

This protective packaging is compact and compatible with external printing. In addition, it takes up to seven times less space than polystyrene boxes, thus minimizing shipping costs, maximizing storage and, at the same time, using the best possible palletization.

Advantages of Britwrap protective packaging for perishable products

Resistance and safety

Protective packaging is designed to resist the conditions of cold rooms outdoors and is compatible with food contact.

Sustainable for the environment

100% recyclable protective packaging made from renewable resources is more efficient that occupies up to 7 times less space, reducing the carbon footprint.

Cost reduction

Reduces storage space, thus minimizing shipping costs while using the best palletizing.

Export

We adapt to your needs; we provide folding, stackable, palletizable, reusable or single-use solutions resistant to dynamic handling.

 

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