Food packaging manufacturing companies

Sustainability seems to have become the main issue on which food packaging manufacturing companies must pay attention. To keep up with the times and in line with the needs of the modern buyer, companies that produce and distribute food packaging must forcefully innovate their proposals to ensure that they are sustainable and respectful of the environment.

According to the latest focus of the Largo Consumo Packaging Observatory of Nomisma, production methods, product origin and packaging are the drivers of purchases at supermarkets and discount stores. In particular, for the consumer, packaging must respect four fundamental characteristics:

• Don’t have overpackaging
• Don’t be plastic
• Be entirely recyclable
• Be made with recycled material

Another requirement that the product must comply with is to have a label: a fundamental element for 80% of consumers who pay attention to the information that the food packaging manufacturing company places on its packages.

Sustainable food packaging

Based on the latest data, it seems that using a sustainable material is only one of the important components for buyers; communicating the characteristics of your products in a clear and direct way represents an equally fundamental characteristic for all food packaging companies.

But what is sustainable food packaging? An example is perfectly represented by aluminium foil containers. This material is 100 percent and infinitely recyclable. Furthermore, its recycling allows you to save 95% of energy compared to that needed to produce it from the raw material. Obviously purchasing an aluminium tray represents only the first step in supporting the spread of sustainable food packaging; it is essential for separate waste collection to be carried out by every citizen according to the provisions of their municipality.

For more than thirty years, Contital has been one of the main food packaging manufacturing companies in Italy. Thanks to continuous investments and research studies, it constantly works to improve its products and offer consumers efficient and environmentally friendly aluminium trays.

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