There are a lot of things we see every day that we don’t think about. One is the packaging that our food comes in. Plastic bottles, containers, and pouches are among the most popular ways to package, transport, and preserve food.
Safety
Plastic, despite its largely petrochemical origin, is one of the most recycled packaging materials and the popularity of recycling keeps plastic containers in a constant cycle of use, recycling, and reuse. As with all food packaging, plastic is required to pass an FDA approval process to be permitted. Plastics have been used in food packaging for decades – two of the oldest types of plastics in use in food service and packaging are polystyrene and polyethylene.
Some plastic food packaging even allows for a lower oxygen atmosphere that inhibits the growth of mold and bacteria, giving food longer shelf life.
Custom Branding
As your brand grows from a small local business to a regional one, you may encounter different labeling laws that vary from state to state. You may want to include different icons to signify organic, cruelty-free, and fairly-traded goods – or any professional awards that your brand recently received. Plastic packaging allows for tremendous versatility and quick changes whether you are applying your house label over a stock bag or creating your own branded containers.
Package Your Product with Plastic
When considering packaging for your product, using plastic food packaging makes sense regarding cost not only for the initial packaging but transportation. Since plastics are more lightweight than glass or metal containers, the subsequent costs of transportation are less. Whether your product is liquid in a bottle, or coffee or snacks in the pouch, or even freshly made delicatessen salads, plastic packaging is lightweight, food safe, and can be manufactured to order.
