WO2005056426A1 - Improvements in or relating to food packaging - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D81/00—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents
- B65D81/24—Adaptations for preventing deterioration or decay of contents; Applications to the container or packaging material of food preservatives, fungicides, pesticides or animal repellants
- B65D81/26—Adaptations for preventing deterioration or decay of contents; Applications to the container or packaging material of food preservatives, fungicides, pesticides or animal repellants with provision for draining away, or absorbing, or removing by ventilation, fluids, e.g. exuded by contents; Applications of corrosion inhibitors or desiccators
- B65D81/263—Adaptations for preventing deterioration or decay of contents; Applications to the container or packaging material of food preservatives, fungicides, pesticides or animal repellants with provision for draining away, or absorbing, or removing by ventilation, fluids, e.g. exuded by contents; Applications of corrosion inhibitors or desiccators for ventilating the contents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D65/00—Wrappers or flexible covers; Packaging materials of special type or form
- B65D65/38—Packaging materials of special type or form
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D2565/00—Wrappers or flexible covers; Packaging materials of special type or form
- B65D2565/38—Packaging materials of special type or form
- B65D2565/381—Details of packaging materials of special type or form
- B65D2565/388—Materials used for their gas-permeability
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D81/00—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents
- B65D81/24—Adaptations for preventing deterioration or decay of contents; Applications to the container or packaging material of food preservatives, fungicides, pesticides or animal repellants
- B65D81/26—Adaptations for preventing deterioration or decay of contents; Applications to the container or packaging material of food preservatives, fungicides, pesticides or animal repellants with provision for draining away, or absorbing, or removing by ventilation, fluids, e.g. exuded by contents; Applications of corrosion inhibitors or desiccators
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- This invention concerns improvements in or relating to food packaging and more particularly, but not exclusively, to packaging for foodstuffs with a defined but relatively short shelf life, for example perishable foods such as vegetables and fruit.
- a packaging for foodstuffs that provides a solution to the problem outlined above.
- a multi- compartment unitary packaging for a variety of foodstuffs including two or more conjoined compartments, each compartment being provided with or constituted by a containment having a gas permeability matching the individual respiration rate of the foodstuff(s) to be held within that compartment.
- Each compartment when constituted by the containment may comprise a film in the form of a bag which conveniently is integral with the other compartments of the packaging.
- Each compartment may in practice be formed separately from the other compartment or compartments and then conjoined therewith to provide the multi-compartment packaging of the invention.
- the multi-compartment packaging may be produced unitarily with each compartment being separate but conjoined.
- the compartments are communicable one with (he other through the agency of a common barrier whereby the permeation of gases from one compartment to another assists in the preservation of the foodstuffs in the recipient compartment.
- compartments may be separable one from the other and it is to be understood that the term 'multi-compartment' as used herein embraces packaging with two or more compartments .
- the packaging may be manufactured from currently available conventional materials used for the packaging of perishable foodstuffs and these materials may be gas and/or vapour-permeable as required according to the specific foodstuffs in question.
- the present invention also provides for the formation of the packaging into differing geometric shapes and accordingly the structure thereof is governed thereby.
- the multi-compartment packaging may be made in such form as in the finished article to present a pyramidal shape with each triangular face and the base thereof providing a compartment for a foodstuff or a variety of foodstuffs.
- Alternative geometric shapes could be adopted, for example a circular form providing a multiplicity of compartments in sectoral fashion.
- Further alternative shapes may be rectilinear or curvilinear. In all cases the functional aspect of providing a plurality of compartments for differing foodstuffs is achieved together with the aestheticising of the packaging to make it more attractive t ⁇ the consumer rather than just a plain bag.
- compartments may be sealed one from the other or may be in communication through a common barrier therebetween under controlled conditions dependent upon the foodstuffs to be packaged. Accordingly the shape and therefore the appearance of the packaging will depend in some measure upon the desired functionality.
- each compartment may comprise a base formed of such an element or elements and may of unitary construction ⁇ r may be formed of two or more elements conjoined in suitable manner one to the other or others.
- the containment may be in the form of at least one film covering or closure. In the case of a single containment the film would seal all the compartments one from the other or others along common boundaries. In the alternative a number of containments would be provided separately to cover the individual compartments sealing the same. This seal not only prevents mixing of the foodstuffs as between one compartment and another but also isolates the headspaces one from the other.
- the base may be formed of a material that allows permeation of gases or vapours from one compartment to an adjacent compartment, or it may be non- permeable. In a further alternative a combination of non- permeable and permeable materials may be employed as dictated by the foodstuffs to be included therein. 16]
- foodstuffs is intended to embrace all edible produce such for example vegetables, including salad components, and fruit together with suitable dressings therefor. In this latter respect it is expected that for some applications of the present invention it will be necessary or desirable to provide in at least one of the compartments of the packaging a dressing or other condiment or sweetener or the like to embellish the flavour of the produce concerned.
- the term 'edible produce' will encompass foodstuffs other that of the green-grocery kind; for example it is envisaged that meat may be included as a foodstuff for which the packaging of the present invention may be suitable .
- the packaging of the invention comprising a multiplicity of compartments may be used for the presentation of complete meals of differing courses, each one requiring different preservation conditions and thus differing containments.
- cooked meats or boiled eggs are non-respiring and accordingly may be suitably gas-flushed within their respective compartments.
- Figure 1 shows a first embodiment
- Figure 2 shows a second embodiment
- Figure 3 shows a third embodiment
- Figure 4 shows a fourth embodiment
- Figure 5 shows a fifth embodiment
- Figure 6 shows a sixth embodiment
- Figure 7 shows a seventh embodiment.
- FIG. 1 there is shown the first embodiment of multi-compartment packaging 1 comprising two or more compartments 2, with possibly two further compartments shown in dotted outline.
- Each compartment 2 is a film in the form of a bag conjoined to the next in a suitable manner, for example heat or pressure welding.
- Each compartment is unique in terms of having its own permeability characteristics to cater for and match the respiration rate of the produce it is in practice intended to contain.
- the bag is the containment which constitutes the compartment.
- This form of packaging may be used to encapsulate differing leaf salads which in practice deteriorate at differing respiration rates. The packaging is thus able to preserve the freshness of all the salad components because the compartments are respiration specific. Conventional packaging is defective since it does not address the poor cohabitation of different foodstuffs.
- the multi-compartment packaging 1 is of parallelogram form composed of four equilateral triangular compartments 2 connected to one or more adjacent compartmenis, each compartment 2 again being so formed of appropriately gas and/or vapour permeable material to accommodate foodstuffs of varying respiration rates.
- Figures 3 and 4 illustrate multi-compartment packaging I of pyramidal shape with either four or five compartments respectively . Again each compartment complies with the principal feature of the invention in being made of a material giving the required preservative features for the produce contained within it.
- the packaging in so formed geometrically that it can be configured as a pyramid to provide the aesthetic appearance for customer appeal, but with the functionality as indicated.
- Figure 5 provides a multi-compartment packaging 1 so formed as to provide a multitude of compartments 2 but with the facility of a carrying feature, namely a handle or loop 4.
- Figure 6 shows a tetrahedrally-shaped multi-compartment packaging 1 in the form of a bag which may be conjoined to an adjacent element as shown in the lower representation.
- Figure 7 depicts multi-compartment packaging 1 of generally circular form with four sectoral compartments 2 arranged symmetrically about a core 5, the compartments being connected one to the other to provide a unitary package.
- the present invention provides individual atmospheric conditions to cater for the individual foodstuffs thereby affording enhanced cohabitation when compared with contemporary approaches to this kind of packaging.
- the customisation of the packaging of the present invention allows a miscellany of foodstuffs to be accommodated in but one pack with each different product enjoying an optimised climate in which to survive satisfactorily for its expected shelf life. This advantageous attribute is in sharp contrast to the conventional packaging which essentially forces one product to endure what may well be a relatively hostile environment in terms of deterioration of freshness and quality.
- the added virtue of the present invention is that it uses conventional materials which, as indicated above, have been investigated thoroughly in terms of content and performance. 34] It is to be understood that the present invention allows, as foreshadowed supra, the adoption of diverse presentational packaging which not only provides improved protection for the produce concerned, but also makes it more visually attractive. The merit of the invention is thus twofold in these respects.
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CA002547722A CA2547722A1 (en) | 2003-12-06 | 2004-12-03 | Improvements in or relating to food packaging |
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US4883674A (en) * | 1986-10-22 | 1989-11-28 | General Mills, Inc. | Controlled atmosphere cut fruit package and method |
US20020034622A1 (en) * | 1993-04-09 | 2002-03-21 | Edwards David Nicholas | Cheese package, film, bag and process for packaging a CO2 respiring foodstuff |
US5901848A (en) * | 1993-05-20 | 1999-05-11 | Worlds Class Packaging Systems, Inc. | Plural atmosphere package |
GB2355956A (en) * | 1999-11-05 | 2001-05-09 | Abdul Aziz Okhai | Gas-permeable sealing film |
FR2809380A1 (en) * | 2000-05-24 | 2001-11-30 | Cie Franco Suisse De Faconnage | Packing material use in food industry for maturing food products, consists of at least two sheets joined together with glued zones distributed over surface of material |
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