Microwave Packaging
Cost-effective convenience features establish NORDENIA’s microwave packaging as a standout in the market. Packaging that safely stores the food while in retail and in which the meal can be cooked while in the microwave gives each product a deciding advantage.
The features available for our microwave packaging include:
- Steam release vent to provide the best possible quality of food
- Cool surface technology eliminating the risk of scalding
- Sustainable solutions
- Easy opening and easy handling
- Controlled cooking process through controlled shielding
NORDENIA Microwave Packaging Service Center
Our microwave packaging service center ensures the best quality of each packaging feature. Unique test methods like measuring the temperature profiles of food items and packaging materials during the cooking process enable us to develop the best packaging solutions for each type of microwave food. To make sure that our packaging perfectly fits your individual needs the service center produces tailor-made sample bags for trials and commercial tests.
Steam release features provide the high-end way of microwave cooking. They assure the best possible quality of the food, and provide the most natural, fastest thinkable way to prepare your meal.
The packaging can be placed into the microwave without the necessity of any further steps. The food is steam cooked inside the packaging which means less moisture loss, no drying out of the food and less vitamin loss. Either through venting labels (three different kinds available), laser scoring or controlled seam imperfection steam is released when reaching a certain pressure or temperature level. Application areas are primarily sensitive foods like frozen fish and vegetables.
Cool Surface
A cool packaging surface eliminating the risk of scalding is guaranteed by this feature. The heat is isolated either through pattern lamination which leads to air pockets forming during the cooking process or foamed sealant films that expand during the cooking process. Premade bags or rollstock can be equipped with this feature which is not limited to specific food items.
For upscale food items that are difficult to prepare like frozen fish and poultry various shielding features that provide a controlled cooking performance are currently being developed. Please contact us if you are interested in this high-tech feature that gives your customers the guarantee that their microwave food is automatically prepared in the best possible way every time.
Sustainability
Renewable packagings or the reduction of material provide a sustainable product to be marketed accordingly. Bio plastics which use starch or PLA based polymers instead of resins based on oil provide a renewable microwave packaging and reduce the use of fossil raw materials. Oil based polymers can also be reduced by adding mineral filler into the film formulation. Through the use of foamed film the overall amount of material can be reduced.
Absorbing substrates worked into the film or hydrophilic sealant films prevent the emanating of moisture and grease from the packaging. Thus a greasy or slippery surface is avoided making the package easier to handle after the cooking process. If you are interested in this new solutions or would like us to develop any special customized solution just contact us.
Convenience
Convenience features make NORDENIA’s microwave packaging easy to handle providing a valuable buying incentive for the customers. Attached or punched handles make the packaging easy to grab in the store or to take it out of the microwave. Peelable films and laser perforation offer easy opening solutions. Both provide a safe and easy way of peeling or tearing open a pouch or tray after the cooking process, no more scissors are necessary. A peelable coating to provide easy opening is currently being developed.
With microwave packaging equipped with susceptor coating which transforms the microwave energy into heat especially breaded food items can be prepared in the best possible way: A metalized PET film is uses to enhance the crisping of breaded food items. Ceramic coating which heats up until a certain temperature is reached is another way to achieve this effect. If you are interested in this feature do not hesitate to contact us.
