Good packaging improves the presentation of a foodstuff, increasing its market value as well as convenience in handling. Packaging can perform three functions: it acts as a container, enabling a chosen quantity of a product to be handled as a unit during distribution and storage; it helps to...
01/01/2011 This low-cost, practical manual is clearly structured and laid out, with a wealth of illustrative figures, check lists and photos. Divided into nine chapters, it describes methods and materials that can be used to package agricultural products. It covers foods that are grown and/or processed on...
Appropriate Food Packaging is a compendium of packaging materials and cost-effective methods that can be applied at a small to medium scale in developing countries. This book helps manufacturers to face the challenges that improving their packaging systems present, including assessing whether...