Food packaging technology (Sheffield packaging technology, volume 6)

Packaging plays a vital role in food preservation, provides protection against physical damage, plays a major role in selling the product by attracting the customer's attention, and conveys marketing and statutory information about the product to the customer. The packaging materials used in the food sector embrace the entire spectrum of paper and board, plastics, glass, metals and wood, with no one material holding preference. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the methods of food preservation as relevant to packaging, followed by chapters on the packaging requirements of the common types of food and the available food packages. Package design and the importance of food hygiene and package labelling are considered in later chapters.

Introduction to food packaging. Heat processing and irradiation. Chilled foods and their packaging requirements. Frozen foods and their packaging requirements. Fresh produce and its packaging requirements. Dry goods and confectionery and their packaging requirements. Aseptic packaging. Modified atmosphere packaging. Active packaging. The role of pack design in communicating with the consumer. Hygiene and food labelling.

Packaging technologists, manufacturers of packaging machinery