PACKAGE FOR PRESERVING RESPIRING PRODUCE AND METHOD

A tray seal package for preserving respiring produce contained in the package, in particular vegetables, fruit, herbs, spices and/or flowers, and an associated method are provided. The package comprises a tray and a sealing film and defines a package volume for containing a portion of the produce an...

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Main Authors VAN DE LOO, Paulus Josephus Benedictus Maria, GROENEWEG, Bastiaan Rinke Antony
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Hungarian
Published 28.01.2024
Subjects
ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR
CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS,e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES,DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS
CONVEYING
HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
PACKAGES
PACKAGING ELEMENTS
PACKING
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
STORING
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:A tray seal package for preserving respiring produce contained in the package, in particular vegetables, fruit, herbs, spices and/or flowers, and an associated method are provided. The package comprises a tray and a sealing film and defines a package volume for containing a portion of the produce and a package atmosphere, and comprises a packaging material providing the tray and/or the sealing film, in particular a polymer film (1A), provided with at least one perforation (3) enabling gas exchange with the atmosphere surrounding the package (1) to form the package into a Controlled Atmosphere Package (CAP). The packaging material has a Water Vapour Transmission Rate (WVTR), a carbon dioxide transmission rate (CO2TR) and an oxygen transmission rate (O2TR), wherein the WVTR of the packaging material is in a range of 50 - 1200 ml/(m2.24 hrs), the CO2TR of the packaging material is larger than 1000 ml/(m2.24 hrs), and a ratio β = CO2TR / O2TR of the packaging material is larger than 4.
Bibliography:Application Number: HU2020E744151