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Beverage packaging

Spout Pouches – The Upcoming Packaging Solution for Beverage!

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Customer preferences constantly evolve and brands that understand this reality are better equipped to grow their market share in the food & beverage industry. Talking of customers’ choices, packaging is an important element of the overall product appeal that cannot be ignored.

When it comes to beverages packaging the situation becomes more complicated. Handling liquid products like juices, tea, aerated drinks etc becomes trickier due to greater risks of leakage and wastage during transit, storage and consumption.

Scores of traditional packaging options like cans, glass bottles, plastic jars etc have been ruling the market but the emergence of spout pouches has redefined the packaging quotient for liquid products.

 

List of Products That Can Be Packed in Spout Pouches

Spout pouches are being used for a wide variety of products including liquids, semi-liquids, powered and granular items. They offer features, benefits and customization options that make them an ideal choice for safe packaging of drinks and beverages. Following is the list of beverages that are making the most from spout packaging:

  • Fruit juices
  • Cocktails
  • Iced tea
  • Coffee
  • Energy drinks
  • Sports drinks
  • Spirits
  • Fizzy drinks
  • Water
  • Milk and more

What Makes Spout Pouches An Ideal Choice For Drinks & Beverages?

As liquid products are riskier to handle and store, foolproof packaging like spout pouches can be an excellent solution. Using the latest packaging technology, the liquid packaging pouches are provided with multiple layers of barrier film to protect the product from UV light, moisture, puncture holes and more. All these factors can compromise your product quality and hence need to be taken care of.

Flexible spout bags with proper closing caps and laminated films eliminate wastage due to spillage. Moreover, dispensing from a stand-up pouch with a spout makes things less messy and ensures the freshness is preserved.

While bottles and tin cans have been popularly used for ages, they pose injury risks in case of mishandling. With spout pouches, you don’t have to bother about breaking of glass or dangers of the sharp edges of cans. Also, once the product is over it's easier to dispose off.

Catch Up with the Trend of Spout Pouches

More and more manufacturers, suppliers & retailers are now waking up to the benefits of a spout packaging pouch. It’s useful features and eco-friendly nature makes it a practical and attractive packaging solution. With greater design and printing options, spout pouches also help boost the product’s shelf appeal. Not to forget, the traditional and rigid packaging alternatives taking up excessive space and increasing the freight cost can be replaced by these lightweight pouches.

If you want to cut down on your costs and attract your customers with intriguing packs and convenient designs, then spout pouch packaging is just the right option to go for. It facilitates easy filling, and safe transit and enables the customer to use it conveniently and optimally (the users can evacuate up to 99.5% of the product).

For premium packaging solutions for your product connect with Dot Packtech Industries. We’ll be more than happy to serve you!

Retort pouches

Retort Pouches – The Trend Setter In Packaging Industry

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The fast-changing consumer preferences are paving the way for shelf-stable products. For working professionals who often struggle with time crunches the availability of Ready- to-Eat packs is no less than a blessing. Now, these processed meals or snacks need foolproof packaging to ensure no compromise is made with the hygiene or nutrition of the food.

Over the years the food and beverage packaging has undergone a sea change. As per the latest trend, retort packaging is gaining ground. Revolutionizing the concept of food packaging, retort pouches are hogging the limelight owing to the convenience and quality assurance they offer.

Diving Deeper To Understand Retort Packaging 

Retort pouches were initially introduced by US Army for storing military rations in the 1970s and have since transformed food & beverage packaging in the Ready-to-Eat packaged food segment. These are flexible plastic pouches packed with already cooked or semi-cooked food which are sealed and subsequently sterilized. The finally prepared food packs enjoy a shelf life of up to 18 months without any preservatives and refrigeration.

One of the major highlights of retorting ready-meal packages is that both food & package are thermally processed together, which allows the filled packages to be commercially sterile. This means the food can be eaten directly without further cooking. Additionally, they are environmentally-friendly packing options as they require less energy to manufacture, process, transport and store than other kinds of packs like cans or jars. This contributes in minimizing the carbon footprint.

Similar to frozen food packaging, retort packaging is making remarkable in-roads in India, finding application not only in homes and canteens but also in fast-food joints and restaurants. They are emerging as handy meal options for armed forces and paramilitary forces deployed in remote places. Easy to carry and convenient to consume, retort packs can be used for a wide range of products like vegetarian items, non-vegetarian items, sauces, delectable deserts and more.

Tracking Popularity of Retort Packaging

With growing customer acceptance of processed food, the scope for retort packaging looks bright. The foolproof multilayer-barrier packs/pouches promise higher safety and hygiene standards to the food processing industry.

Benefits for Consumers

  • Maximum nutritional value is retained.
  • Taste, flavour and texture (chewiness, firmness and hardness) do not alter.
  • Flexible container is easy to open, handle and store.
  • No injury risks from can lids or broken glass
  • Quick to prepare and consume.

Benefits for Manufacturers/Retailers

  • Greater shelf stability without the need for adding preservatives.
  • Easy to store as no freezing or refrigeration is required by packers, retailers and consumers.
  • Pouches and containers do not corrode externally and there is a minimum of product–container interaction.
  • large surface area and roto A gravure printed graphics are plus points for branding.
  • Smallest amount of packaging material is required to pack same volume of product.
  • Reduced weight, storage space and logistics cost are added benefits.

 

Retort pouches are being viewed as a packaging solution that can enhance the commercial viability of the product. The process and technology involved boost the acceptability of the product both in terms of physicochemical and sensory properties leading to increased value addition, product diversification and better export promotion. Be it ready-to-eat meals or snacks packaging, retort pouches are certainly here to stay!  For more details contact us!