Four Important Roles Of Food Packaging And Film

Film used to package food has four important roles.

Role in maintaining food quality (protective function)

The role of increasing the efficiency of distribution and storage (convenient functions for distribution and sales)

The role of increasing convenience during use (convenience functions for consumption)

Role of transmitting information and promoting sales (information function)

These roles are explained in more detail below.

1. Preserve food quality

Food packaging can protect the contents from damage caused by external forces and environmental changes during the period from production to consumption. Without food packaging, food would be left exposed.

You can't distribute tofu if it's exposed, so you have to carry a pot with you to buy tofu, just like in the old days.

The packaging inflates potato chips like a balloon to prevent the chips inside from breaking into pieces. In terms of quality, if air comes into contact with food, it may become damp, change color, become hard, or spoil.

Packaging also prevents contamination by foreign objects and tampering at the sales floor. Packaging is essential to protect food. Furthermore, packaging has various functions such as light blocking, heat resistance, and cold resistance, which extend the shelf life and reduce food loss, eliminating wasteful food waste.

2.Improve distribution and storage efficiency

Packaging has the role of increasing the efficiency of distribution operations such as transportation, storage, and display. When packing products into boxes, we can store a large number of products in a box that is easy to put in and take out, which increases loading efficiency and reduces costs and labor during transportation and storage. Packaging has the following functions during distribution and storage:

① Cargo handling (easy to carry, easy to hold)

②Storage (Easy to stack and place)

③ Sorting (easy to distinguish)

④Display (easy to arrange, distinguish, and place)

3. Increase convenience during use

Food packaging can increase convenience during use. It must have a shape that prevents the contents from spilling, is easy to take out, is easy to hold, and is stable.

Consumer convenience can also be improved by packaging products that are easy for consumers to use, such as bags that can be heated in the microwave and eaten as is, and bags that can be stored with zippers.

4. Communicate information and promote sales

Food packaging can provide the necessary information to reveal what's inside.

Advertising effectiveness can help promote your product, differentiate it from competing products, and promote sales. Eye-catching packaging can make a big difference in how a product sells when displayed on the sales floor. Designs that visually appeal to consumers are required.

In addition, necessary product labeling, content description, barcodes, etc. play an important role in providing information to consumers. If we do not communicate information such as manufacturing details, quality expiration dates, allergen indications, and usage instructions to consumers in an easy-to-understand manner, their lives may be at stake.