Brand owners have begun transitioning away from rigid packaging to more cost effective and sustainable film-based flexible packaging for the growing ready meals market. Can using a research and development retort help these flexible packages reach the market more quickly?
Retortable Containers
Find out more about retortable containers and how to prevent corrosion here. Stainless steel, the preferred metal in food processing, faces unique corrosion challenges – learn how to combat this with effective steps. There are a variety of container types that are retortable. Learn more about what materials and container types are retortable and how to use and maintain your retort technology.
Retortable Plastic Bottles, Bowls, Pouches, and Fragile Containers Need Special Care
You’ve just been told that marketing has decided to launch a new product – in a pouch, or plastic bowl, or plastic bottle – and that the container must go through the rigors of the retorting process. Where do you begin?
Pouch Processing
There are many advantages to packaging food products in the retort pouch – processing times can be reduced by as much as 50%, shipping costs and storage costs are lower, and shelf appeal and consumer acceptance continues to grow. But are you familiar with the processing challenges in using the retortable pouch as compared to a metal can?