Why can't food packaging be done without paper?

As one of the four families of food packaging, paper packaging has become synonymous with safety, fashion and style because it is environmentally friendly and renewable, demonstrating its unique charm and value to consumers and producers alike. Beneath the beautiful exterior, what other functions does paper packaging hold? How will the future of paper packaging lead the food industry to stand out? Paper packaging has already changed the Chinese food industry, who is next? Let's enter the world of paper packaging together.

First, food cannot be separated from the packaging

First of all, let us make a reverse hypothetical thinking: food in the case of no packaging will be what? The end result is predictable, a lot of food is bound to rot in advance, a lot of food is wasted, the final destination of the rotten and wasted food is - landfill.

Over the years, there have been many calls to reduce the use of packaging in the market. We are not opposed to reducing transitional packaging, but we believe that there is another dimension to packaging that we should consider - only when food is packaged in a way that it does not spoil or has an extended shelf life can we ensure that more food is actually consumed, rather than being wasted as rubbish. According to the United Nations, around 1.3 billion tonnes of food is wasted worldwide, equivalent to a third of the total amount produced, while 815 million people, or 11% of the world's population, still have nothing to eat, and the total amount of food wasted is enough to feed the hungry. Packaging is one of the most important and effective solutions that can help reduce food waste.

The value of food packaging

As the vehicle for food, food packaging is an integral part of food. The value that food packaging brings to the food industry includes

Value to consumers: Maslow's theory divides consumer needs into five categories: physiological needs, security needs, social needs, respect needs and self-actualisation. As the saying goes, "food is the first thing that people need", and "food is the first thing that people need to be safe". -Secondly, we must live healthily - safely and hygienically; secondly, we must live better - nutritionally, freshly, conveniently, sensitively and culturally. Therefore, the most basic demand of consumers for food packaging, or the most basic value of food packaging for consumers is "safety, freshness and convenience".

The values brought to the producer:

1. Image value: as the saying goes, "people live with a face, trees live with a skin", in the past it was "gold and jade inside", but in modern society it is also "gold and jade outside". According to DuPont's Law, 63% of consumers buy products based on their packaging. Good food needs good packaging, branded food, more branded packaging, as the food carrier packaging, its function is not only as a container and protection of food, but also to provide consumers with convenience, ease of use, advertising, publicity, guidance and other image value of the display.

2. Reduce packaging costs: For manufacturers, the factors that affect packaging costs include the cost of the packaging materials chosen, the rationality of the packaging design capacity, the maximum utilisation of packaging space and the transport costs directly affected by the weight of the packaging.

3. Enhance the added value of the product: after the food is packaged, consumers are attracted to buy more than the actual value of the "food + packaging", which is the added value of the food brought by the packaging. Of course, the added value of high and low, and packaging materials selection, packaging design, design creativity, marketing techniques are closely related.