Hot spot 4 barrier
  The guarantee of the quality of packaging, especially some foods that need to ensure a long shelf life, has special requirements for barrier property.
  New coffee capsule material B2nature
  RPG Group subsidiary RPC Bebo has developed a new coffee capsule material, B2nature, which can be industrially composted and used in coffee machines. The newly developed material offers long-term protection and is expected to meet the growing demand for sustainable packaging solutions for capsules.
  B2nature uses multilayer sheets containing oxygen barrier layers to extend shelf life and maintain the quality of the coffee in the capsules.
  RPC Bebo noted that after 12 weeks of industrial composting, only a very small amount of B2nature remained, demonstrating the sustainability of the capsule in accordance with European and US standards.
  "B2nature means that by providing a sustainable disposal method, consumers can benefit from the convenience of smaller portion sizes." "Equally important, the material also has a high level of protection, which means that the freshness, aroma and quality of the coffee are not compromised," said Matthias Michaelis, business Unit manager, Thermoformed Barrier Packaging, RPC Bebo.
  In August 2016, the company supplied Croc'Frais, a French supplier of fresh olives, with multilayer barrier tanks. 250ml tanks are produced at RPCBebo's Deventer plant in the Netherlands.

  The new technology adds a glass barrier layer to the PP barrel
  TechII, a Springfield, Ohio-based manufacturer of injection molded products, extruded sheets and thermoformed products, uses plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition to coat the inside of thermoformed PP barrels with a thin layer of silica (glass). The glass layer is only a few nanometers thick, but gives the package extremely high oxygen and vapor barrier properties. Vapor deposition technology has been used in PET bottles in the past, but Eric Shiffer, president of Tech I, believes this is the first time it has been applied to thermoformed PP containers.
  Shiffer said the packaging is still in the research and development stage, but when commercialized, it will achieve what he called the "holy grail" of manufacturing plastic packaging with barrier properties comparable to those of glass and metal containers. Shiffer said that in some cases, with the packaging, food companies can use fewer preservatives to improve flavor and freshness.

   Find the best solution for fresh meat
  Although the figures have fallen slightly in recent years, the average German consumer still consumes around 86kg of meat per year. Austria consumes about 100kg per capita, and the United States consumes 120kg. Most meat products in the home are now packaged in film. Experts from the scientific community and industry are now tasked with assessing the interaction between the films used and the food, and making some recommendations for practical use.
  The first stage is the analysis of a variety of packaging materials, including traditional materials, as well as sustainable and resource-efficient materials, followed by the characterization of their mechanical properties, barrier functions and packaging integrity. In the second phase, the focus is on the interaction between the tested material and the meat product. By measuring color, texture, bacterial count and fat, project participants wanted to gain broad knowledge about the impact of packaging materials on food storage life, as well as understanding which films work best for keeping meat fresh. The third phase of the project is to examine how this knowledge can be applied in practice. MULTIVAC is one of the project participants, utilizing its expertise in packaging, packaging machinery and overall packaging methods in the third phase, and also undertaking sample production, including the manufacture of suitable machine molds at the company's Training and Innovation Center at the company's Wolfertschwenden headquarters.

  When packaging food and fresh meat, special considerations such as ecological and resource conservation are also taken into account by all partners in the QualiMeat project.
  The main goal of the project is to use the most suitable packaging to greatly improve the consumer.
  The research of meat packaging and fresh packaging is a hot spot in the market in recent years. Studying the relationship between packaging materials and different foods is a key consideration to achieve reliability, durability, economy, and maximize the value of packaging.