MAP, vacuum and skin packages are greatly contributing to ensuring food safety and prolonging shelf life. To protect the environment with sustainable solutions, we at GEA are committed to reducing the use of plastic in food packaging. One example of a smart solution: The cardboard-based GEA FoodTray now uses this renewable and recyclable resource as a carrier for a comparatively thin bottom film. During the thermoforming process, both are combined to create a stiff and yet sustainable tray which is then sealed to make a high-quality food package. It enables manufacturers to be more sustainable while still ensuring food safety and reducing waste.
The resource-saving GEA FoodTray is a high-quality MAP food package produced in a form-fill-seal process to preserve food products, such as meat, meat substitutes, fish and seafood, dairy or bakery products, safely.
Sustainable and resource-saving alternative to MAP or vacuum packs made of plastic only
Eye-catching design opportunities
The GEA FoodTray consists of a pre-made cardboard tray, a thin film inlay and a thin top film made out of mono-materials. The thermoformer just needs the addition of a module for tray denesting and tray loading into the thermoforming packaging machine.
The GEA FoodTray can be assembled easily and automatically in a form-fill-seal system such as the GEA PowerPak or PowerPak PLUS in 4 steps:
Outer Material | Cardboard printable with up to 6 colors + laquer finish |
Inlay | Flexible thermoforming film with special, low shrinking technology |
Top film | Thermoforming film or paper compound printable with up to 11 colors + laquer finish |
Sizes | Height 20- 60mm |
Processing capacity | 45 – 90 packages/minute |
Unsure, whether your products can be packaged using GEA FoodTray? Contact us to talk about your options!
The sustainable, innovative GEA FoodTray is perfectly adapted to the extremely flexible and user-friendly GEA PowerPak and PowerPak PLUS thermoforming packaging machines. They provide high-quality horizontal packaging of food products such as meat and processed meat products such as sausages and cold cuts, cheese or dairy products, fish and seafood, vegetarian or vegan products, fruits and vegetables as well as pastries, and other baked goods.
The premium GEA PowerPak PLUS thermoforming packaging machine provides maximum control over the form-fill-seal processes for better package quality, higher production capacity, simple access and easier handling for users. This robust construction ensures better hygiene and reduces operating costs with high availably and flexibility.
The reliable GEA PowerPak modular thermoforming packaging machine ensures fast, safe and high adaptable horizontal packaging of food products in vacuum and MAP packs of any kind in high-quality and with maximum flexibility.
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