fruit and vegetables

ILPRA presentsFoodpack Hyper, the new line of heat sealing machines for packaging, designed to satisfy high production and suitable for the packaging of a wide range of products (fruit and vegetables, meat, dairy products, fish, ready meals and much more).

The synthesis of over sixty years of know-how in the field of food packaging, the new line is extremely fast, able to work up to 25 cycles per minute in the gas / flush version.

Stretching shelf life

EMPA’s cellulose coating guarantees freshness for fruit and vegetables, with produce remaining fresh “significantly longer” than without the coating.

“In tests, the shelf life of, for instance, bananas was extended by more than a week. This significantly reduces food waste,” says Gustav Nyström, head of the Empa lab.

France has banned the use of plastics to package most fruit and vegetables.

The ban came into effect on Saturday under new regulations that French President Emmanuel Macron’s government says are meant to phase out single-use plastics as pollution worsens globally.

Under the new rules, leeks and carrots, tomatoes and potatoes, apples and pears and about 30 other items can no longer be sold in plastic. Instead, they should be wrapped in recyclable materials.