Thursday, December 31, 2009
Flexfoil outperforms 1.5" polystyrene container
In a recent case study conducted at Polyair's laboratory in Toronto, Polyair's insulated Foil/Single Bubble/Poly Pouch outperformed a 1.5" polystyrene container.
The following was used in the test:
The Corrugate Box, Lined with Dow Polystyrene at 1.5" thick, filled with 144 Chocolate Bars (Reece's Peanut Butter Cups), Cooled to -2 degrees Fahrenheit
The second box was lined with a Flexfoil Liner (two dimensional pouch constructed from a Foil/Single Bubble/Poly substrate) and subjected to the same freezing cycle.
The two boxes were then left in a chamber that fluctuated between 90 and 100 degrees Fahrenheit. It is important to note that it is not often the case that these temperatures are reached for the entire shipping cycle and that the boxes were tested without any gel packs.
Conclusion:
Despite the slightly better performance for the Polystyrene container in the initial hours, the Flexfoil product showed dramatically better performance on average. At the 12th hour the chocolate that were inside the Flexfoil lined box showed an 8 degree difference when compared with the Polystyrene.
For more information on Polyair's Flexfoil products please visit http://www.flexfoil.com and contact your your packaging consultant at mlaubscher@polyair.com for examples of more food applications.
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Food for thought.........
7-Eleven tests packaged bananas
Chain irks environmentalists as it seeks to boost its fresh food sales
Can plastic wrap boost banana sales? Convenience-store giant 7-Eleven thinks so. With the decline of its cigarette sales revenue in recent years, the company has looked to fresh food to help make up the difference and spur a reinvention of the retailer’s product line.But it faces a real problem – bananas don’t stay yellow for long, and customers don’t find brown ones appealing.
To solve the problem, 7-Eleven has turned to Fresh Del Monte, which created a plastic wrap that allows individually-sold fruit to stay fresh longer. The wrap is designed to keep oxygen and moisture out, thereby slowing respiration and resisting spoilage.
The bananas are wrapped when green, with the intent of them reaching peak ripeness in the store.
7-Eleven is testing the new wrapped bananas at 27 Dallas area locations of its nationwide convenience store chain. If testing is successful, the company could carry the wrapped bananas throughout its 5,787 stores as early as the first quarter of 2010.
That is, if environmentalists don’t have their way in the matter. The company's move toward wrapping produce is sharply criticized by many as adding a wrapper to a fruit that already has a natural wrapper.
But 7-Eleven says its working closely with Fresh Del Monte to develop a biodegradable wrapper, and the company appears eager to create a solution to the hurdles of selling fresh fruit in a convenience store.
7-Eleven increasingly sees fresh fruit as a key part of its business, and expects to sell 27 million bananas this year.By David Bellm, New-Media Editor -- Packaging Digest, October 12, 2009
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