Modified Atmosphere Packaging

Modified atmosphere packaging, also known as MAP or CAP, is also called modified atmosphere packaging or replacement gas packaging, inflatable packaging. It uses packaging materials with gas barrier properties to package food. According to the actual needs of customers, a certain proportion of O2+CO2+N2, N2+CO2, O2+CO2 mixed gas is filled into the package to prevent food from happening in physics, chemistry, biology, etc. Quality decline or slow down the speed of quality decline, thereby extending the shelf life of food and enhancing the value of food.

Modified atmosphere packaging, as a food packaging technology, has a long history. As early as the 1930s, Europe and the United States began to study the use of CO2 gas to preserve meat products; in the 1950s, research and development of N2 and CO2 gas replacement beef cans and cheese cans The air effectively extends the shelf life; in the 1960s, due to the development of various air-tight plastic packaging materials, many foods such as meat, fruits, vegetables, cakes, tea and dairy products have successfully adopted gas displacement packaging technology; 70 The inflatable packaging of fresh meat in the 1980s has been widely used in Europe and the United States. Since then, the modified atmosphere packaging has been booming all over the world.

It can be widely used in the packaging of fresh foods such as meat, poultry, fish, fruits and vegetables, cooked meat products, bread and pastries and other bakery foods. Modified atmosphere packaged foods have been more and more recognized by food processing manufacturers and consumers because they better maintain the original taste, color, shape and nutrition of the food, and can achieve a longer shelf life. Foods that use modified atmosphere packaging in the European and American markets have developed rapidly, with an annual growth rate of up to 25%. The total volume of modified atmosphere packaging products has exceeded 5 billion boxes each year.

FRESHPAC is a leading manufacturer of innovative & sustainable paperboard MAP (modified atmosphere packaging) packaging solution for the food industry. With our unique & advanced technology, our product is compatible with the sealing mold of the existing plastic MAP packaging in food processing industry, thus no additional machinery & tooling investment are required. FRESHPAC paper MAP packaging, with a complete product portfolio (High Barrier & Ovenable & Compostable packaging solutions), is the second to none solution to the plastic MAP packaging in the industry.