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Flexible packaging
Breathable membrane lengthens banana shelf life
Chiquita Brands' ad jingle declared, 'I'm a Chiquita banana, and I've come to say-bananas have to ripen in a certain way.'
Primary packaging
Controlled gas permeation
Apio's new 7-item line of 12-oz packages of fresh-cut vegetables incorporates the Intellipac™ patch to yield a 17-day shelf life. Tailored to the particular veggie mix, the patch optimizes oxygen ingress and carbon dioxide egress according to prevailing temperatures. Shipping is made iceless.
Primary packaging
Apio expands use of smart packaging
California produce grower/marketer Apio launches a 3-lb retail package of fresh-cut veggies in a rigid PET tray with a breathable patch that provides a 14-day shelf life.
Primary packaging
Packaging keeps evolving...from able, to active, to anticipating
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Materials & containers
Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements
Dock Resins Corp. (Linden, NJ) has been acquired by Landec Corp. (Menlo Park, CA).
Flexible packaging
Temperature-sensitive film for fresh produce
Apio Inc. Value Added Group of Guadalupe, CA, is among the first companies to use a new technology for fresh-cut produce packaging. Developed by Landec (Menlo Park, CA), the Intellipac(TM) technology is based on an unusual 'side chain crystallizable' polymer having an internal 'temperature switch.' At elevated temperatures, when respiring produce needs more oxygen, the polymer becomes more permeable, allowing the necessary oxygen in.
Flexible packaging
Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements
Printpack (Atlanta, GA) and Landec Corp. (Menlo Park, CA) will jointly develop fresh-cut produce packaging films.
