FPFL Lesson 3: Types of packaging materials

What is characteristic of a good packaging?

• Can affect product by taints

• Able to resist damage

• Must be expensive

• All of the above

How many level of packaging are there?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Which type of packaging made from an interlaced network of cellulose fibers derived from wood by using sulfate and sulfite

• Paper

• Glass

• Rotan

• Metal

The additives used in paper and paperboard food packaging must be FDA regulated under US FDA Code of Federal Regulations title __, part ___

(a)  

Plain paper is not used to protect foods for long periods of time because it has poor barrier properties and not heat sealable.

• True

• False

What other materials does paper usually laminated/coated with?

• wax

• metal

• glass

• all of the above

Metal is an excellent physical protection and barrier properties, formability and decorative potential, recyclability and consumer acceptance

• True

• False

What material is this packaging made of?

(a)  

What is one of the disadvantages of aluminum used for packaging?

• It is pliable

• It is light

• Inability to be weld

• All of the above

Tin-free steel requires a coating of inorganic material to provide complete corrosion resistance.

• True

• False