The price and the migration of pollutants, some of the barriers of active packaging market

The price, concerns about a possible migration of substances and an alteration of fresh products (IV range) are the three main barriers to market is the development of so-called active packaging, despite having "high demand".

This is the conclusion that has reached technological centre Ainia after making a series of interviews with companies of plastic containers and the fruit and vegetable sector. The poll allowed them to see the interest of the latter to "increase the useful life of products", reason by which performed trials with films or with different concentrations of gases.

Thus, recognized the "big advantage" to present this type of packaging and its expectation of increase the useful life of product at least between two and four days. The Centre has developed a technology based on Antimicrobial materials that can be used in countless products and lengthen its shelf-life. Joined active in packaging material in such a way that prevents the growth of germs, while preserving the properties of the product for a long time and avoiding their deterioration. "This technique has been used successfully in products of meat, fish, fresh vegetables, food (IV range), bakery and pastry", say from Ainia.