Prolong the Life of Your Produce

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Produce shelf life is determined by many factors – temperature, moisture, oxygen levels, and sensitivity to ethylene. Packaging these products presents an issue when they are covered as trapped ethylene increases deterioration rate and lowers the shelf life of produce. This is a prevalent difficulty in the prepared meal-kit sector which uses a variety of […]

Modified Atmosphere Packaging System for Hummus

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Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) is a safe and natural method of extending shelf life for fresh food products without the addition of artificial preservatives. MAP greatly reduces the oxygen content in a food package and replaces the headspace in the container with a natural inert gas such as nitrogen or carbon dioxide which are in […]