Packaging Solutions to Food Security Problems

December 2023​ Packaging Column

​Packaging Topic Brief:

  • Discover how innovative packaging is paving the way for increased food accessibility and justice.
  • Active and high-barrier packaging solutions to food security including:
           > Active packing to efficiently reduce nutritional, microbiological, and oxidative deterioration
           > High-barrier packaging to significantly maintain nutrients while extending life
           > Beta or second-stage packaging to prevent degradation and save nutrients 
           > Use collapsible and reusable coolers with water chiller evaporation to preserve perishables
           > and more!
  • Packaging design and material science advancements are making it possible for a more food-secure population.

This content is related to food packaging, including:
  1. Active packaging
  2. High-barrier packaging
  3. Beta-stage packaging
  4. Sustainable packaging
  5. Reusable packaging
  6. Food waste reduction
  7. Food security
  8. Cold chain distribution
  9. Mobile vertical farms
  10. Upcycling
  11. Technical specs like reusable infestation-proof laminated polypropylene woven bags; counterfeit-proof encoded woven polypropylene strips; metallized PET or foil laminate pouches of ready-to-use supplementary food (RUSF) or therapeutic food (RUTF)
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