Packaging for ready meals

• Cans:
  • long shelf life due to the high oxygen barrier;
  • costly storing of empty container;
  • high costs in shipping the empty/full container.
      
• Plastic trays:
  • reduced shelf life due to the poor oxygen barrier;
  • costly storing of empty container;
  • high costs in shipping the empty container (but lower than cans).
      
• Flexible pouches:
  • almost all preserved food can be packed in pouches;
  • high shelf life (similar to cans, when film is aluminum coupled);
  • price of pouches is lower then the price of cans.
  • easy and economical handling of the empty pouches.
  • the pouch can be easily opened and there are "no sharp edges".
  • the thermal treatment is reduced enhancing product quality.
  • the reduced thermal treatment allows power savings in the sterilisation process.
  • the waste quantity (empty used containers) is the lowest.
      

New materials are continuously introduced to offer better performance, more convenience of use and more appealing packaging for ready meals. New packages recently introduced are:

• Microwavable pouch:
  • easy to use as you can heat the content directly inside a microwave oven.
      
• Multi-space microwavable trays:
  • very convenient as different food stuffs can be filled in different spaces to provide a RTE complete meal with different servings that can be heated together inside a microwave oven.