RPC launches baby-food packaging

The company said that the new packs are well-placed to meet the growing for aseptic baby food packaging, thanks to a “combination of design flexibility, safe handling, excellent long-term product protection and cost-effectiveness”.

According to the company, advances in aseptic form-fill-seal technology have led many top baby food brands to replace glass packs with alternatives, such as plastics packaging, which it described as “user-friendly, microwavable for convenient reheating and shatterproof for consumer safety”.

RPC Cobelplast said that the lighter weight of plastics compared with glass can also lessen the strain on the supply chain, reduce energy and produce fewer emissions.

The firm’s expertise in co-extruded PP/EVOH/PP sheets gives potential customers the necessary protection against contamination: EVOH provides an effective oxygen barrier and PP protects a product from moisture ingress, resulting in a combination of materials giving products a shelf life of up to 12 months.

RPC Cobelplast said it can produce bespoke barrier sheet for form-fill-seal applications,  a material flexible enough for a number of design options to be thermoformed, including ergonomic cup shapes that enable parents to feed babies directly from the packs.

Packs can be manufactured in either transparent or coloured plastic, while re-closeable lids are an option and can be supplied by RPC Bramlage.

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