Making the Switch From
Rigid to Flexible Liquid Packaging
Do You Still Use Traditional Rigid Packaging for Liquid Food Products?
If you're a food and drinks processor or food service operator, you probably feel pressure to do more with less, cut costs and improve your sustainability footprint. If you still use traditional metal cans, plastic jugs and glass jars to package liquid food or drinks products, you aren't operating as efficiently as you could be. You’ve heard that flexible packaging can be good for business – but is that really true?
5 Advantages of Flexible Packaging
Increase your sustainability profile, reduce shipping costs and maximise valuable storage space when you switch from rigid containers to flexible liquid pouch packaging.
Consumes up to 75% less energy
Reduces CO2 emissions by 90%
Weighs up to 90% less
Yields up to 20% more product
Occupies up to 40% less space
Source: Sealed Air
Our Solutions Stand Apart
Sealed Air has a robust history of working with food service brands and food and drinks processors to seamlessly switch from traditional rigid packaging to our flexible packaging solutions.
Our portfolio of CRYOVAC® brand liquid packaging solutions offers equipment, materials and technical service that can fit any size business. Our flexible packaging solutions help food and beverage processors improve operational efficiency, sustainability impact and enhance customer relationships.
Sustainable Packaging
Our team of sustainability experts frequently work with customers to develop a sustainability value analysis that uses industry-average data and a representative supply chain to compare the impact associated with different packaging systems. The model includes analysis of packaging materials, manufacturing, transportation, operations and disposal.
CRYOVAC® brand flexible packaging tells a sustainability story that surpasses comparable alternatives. Our solutions address all major customer sustainability concerns including:
- Evacuation and yield
- Food waste
- Carbon footprint
- Space savings
- End-of-life recovery
Learn more about what Sealed Air is doing to make the world better than we found it.
Making a Difference at Cucina Fresca
Cucina Fresca Gourmet Foods, a leading US producer of natural, prepared pastas and sauces, increased its product offering to 130 products in more than 1,500 greengrocers, specialist shops, and food service channels within the USA. The owner credits a portion of its growth to the CRYOVAC® brand vertical-form-fill-seal system, which enabled his business to:
- Increase operational efficiency
- Eliminate hand-filling of sauce bags
- Reduce time to empty sauce kettle from 1.5 hours to 11 minutes
“We have an Onpack 2045 vertical filler, and I have to say that has changed our business. That has gotten us into a playing field that I couldn’t imagine us ever being in.”
- Brad Glaberson, Executive Chef & CEO, Cucina Fresca
Packaging Solutions for Liquid Food and Beverage Products
Our flexible liquid packaging materials and automated equipment help food and drinks processors and food service companies:
- Protect the integrity of the product
- Improve operational efficiency
- Extend shelf life
- Reduce waste
Featured Liquid Packaging Solutions
