Biodegradable Sugarcane Bagasse Pulp molding food packaging container
Biodegradable refers to the ability of materials to break down and return to nature within a short time after disposal, there is a shift towards sustainable packaging in China, mainly attributed to a rise in health awareness and environmental concerns associated with non-biodegradable packaging. Nowadays, sugarcane bagasse (bi-product of sugarcane, which is left after the juice is extracted) is used as a biodegradable food packaging material. Sugarcane bagasse food container is 100% bagasse as raw materials, produced through a variety of processes. The product has high physical strength, good waterproof and oil-proof properties, and the production cost is low, about 30% lower than wood pulp products, and is non-toxic side effects.
Pulp molded tableware product types are numerous, including a disposable pulp lunch box, disposable dinner plate, disposable bowl, disposable pulp cup, takeaway package meal box, degradable knife, fork, and spoon, etc.
The production process of food packaging containers is the wet pressing process mostly. The products are smooth, delicate, and tidy, and the hygienic standard can meet the requirements of food grade.
What’s the process of biodegradable sugarcane bagasse food container production?
Some people are interested in the process of biodegradable sugarcane bagasse food container production very much, the production technology of biodegradable disposable sugarcane bagasse food containers mainly includes preparation of bagasse pulp, molding compaction, drying, shaping, trimming, and finally disinfecting and packaging. The key factors to ensure the quality of products are to make proper pulping process, raw material formula, appropriate molding method, and high precision molds.
Pulp molding tableware production equipment in accordance with the mode of use, divided into manual type, semi-automatic type, and automatic type. No matter which way, its pulping system is basically the same, pulping equipment, including hydraulic pulper, thinning mill, pulp pump, mixer, laboratory equipment. Auxiliary equipment includes an air compressor, vacuum pump, circulation pump, air tank, etc. UV Tableware bagasse pulp molding tableware production equipment is fully automatic, can ensure product quality stability and timely delivery. Please check the below simple process flow picture, it explains the process very clearly.
Biodegradable sugarcane bagasse food containers can be printed logo
The logo can be printed, printing products are mostly lunch box products circle, bottom or top, cup, bowl, and other products are printed on the outside of the product, need to use curved printing. According to the printing equipment is divided into screen printing, pad printing, and laser printing (inkjet printing). Of course, printing products will increase product costs accordingly.
Disposable biodegradable sugarcane bagasse food containers can achieve the waterproof and oil-proof effect
Sugarcane bagasse pulp molded food container will add some food-grade additives, general waterproof agent: 1.0% -2.5%, anti-oil agent: 0.5% -0.8%, to achieve waterproof and anti-oil effect. The test is generally 100 °C water, 120 °C oil, the test time is 30 minutes; Special requirements can be done to extend the oil temperature and test time.
Benefits of biodegradable sugarcane bagasse food containers for distributors
1. Market: With the growing awareness of human environmental protection, people’s demand for environmentally friendly products is also increasing, which has formed a huge potential market; As the biggest feature of the original meal box is not bleaching, environmental protection, health, Production process without “three wastes” discharge, so in line with the national environmental protection industry policy, belongs to the real green products, can promote social progress, improve people’s living standards, meet the human demand for environmental protection products. This gives dealers a huge market space. Relative to the gradual withdrawal from the stage of the history of foam, plastic tableware products, distributors urgently need to be able to provide them with long-term business development products, and UV Tableware color tableware fully in line with this feature;
2. The development of society so that the social mission of enterprises is more and more attention, dealers operating biodegradable sugarcane bagasse food container products, in order to obtain practical benefits, but also to enhance their own social value. My company’s existing many domestic and foreign customers, they give up low-cost foam, plastic products, From the protection of the human living environment, promote human diet health, avoid waste of social resources to promote their own perspective, promote environmental health pulp tableware, and achieved good results.
Benefits of biodegradable sugarcane bagasse food containers for consumers
1. Clean and hygienic: Our company uses natural bagasse fiber, processed through strict process control, the product’s hygiene standards meet the highest testing index requirements of Japan, the United States, and the European Union; truly clean and hygienic tableware, blocking disease transmission, providing consumers with a healthy and fashionable way of consumption, which is of great significance for the protection of human health.
2. Convenient and fast: The development of society has accelerated the pace of people’s lives, the use of biodegradable bagasse food containers, while ensuring the health of consumers, saves people’s dining time at home, ensures people’s dining hygiene in public places, and brings great convenience to consumers’ daily dining; in addition, our company has been developing more humanized tableware products according to the characteristics of consumers’ use. In addition, according to the characteristics of consumer use, our company continues to develop a variety of humanized tableware products, from the daily use of plates, dishes, bowls, to self-service multi-compartment plates, special pizza plates, cake trays and can meet the coffee cups of the three-compartment round plate, to provide a variety of choices for consumer dining.
3. Protect the environment: Our company uses bagasse as a recyclable raw material, which not only avoids the waste of resources but also turns waste into treasure and avoids environmental pollution in the process of bagasse treatment. Whether it is bagasse pulping, raw material transportation, or product production, completely using a clean production process, without any pollution, a great protection of consumer living environment.
What kind of standard should the ban of plastic substitute environmental protection tableware meet?
Products that come into contact with food – certifications: The BRC Standard is a Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) recognized certification program. It is a product and process certification standard known for compliance with industry best practices. The certification is an internationally recognized mark of food safety and quality. It is a voluntary but beneficial certification. Meanwhile, the biodegradable sugarcane tableware manufacturers also pass through other related certifications, such as OK-compost (Home & Industrial)、(EN13432)、LFGB、FDA、ROHS、BSCI、NSF、ISO 9001、ISO4001、ISO 45001, etc.
Typically, Biodegradation of plant fiber meal boxes meets the national “pulp molded tableware” quality inspection standards, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Germany’s new food and catering supplies law (LFGB), and other international standardization inspection standards.
Application of biodegradable disposable sugarcane bagasse food container:
With the improvement of environmental requirements and people’s awareness of environmental protection, non-biodegradable disposable lunch boxes are gradually being replaced by biodegradable disposable meal boxes. At the same time, because it can be degraded, it is widely used in hotels, tourist attractions, school canteens, parties, picnic camping, all kinds of restaurants, snack bars, and fast-food restaurants, and other places. Biodegradable sugarcane bagasse food containers can be microwave heating, oven baking, and not product harmful chemicals, the highest temperature up to 220 °C. At the same time, it can support refrigerator refrigeration, freezing up to minus 18 °C.
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