Aluminum Foil for Food Packaging

Specification of Aluminum foil for food packaging

Processed products of food grade aluminum foil

Aluminium foil is often used in our lives. For example, the cooked food we often eat is mostly wrapped in aluminum foil. Then there are the snack packaging and lunch boxes we often see, and its material is also made of aluminum foil.

Aluminum foil bag

Aluminum foil bag packaging usually refers to aluminum-plastic composite vacuum packaging bags. When customers need to make packaging bags, they first need to purchase other materials, because it cannot be produced as a single piece of material and needs to be processed together with other products. Common materials are PET/AL/PE PET/NY/AL/PE PET/NY/AL/CPP.

Scope of application

(1) Food packaging: milk, rice, meat products, dried fish, aquatic products, preserved meat, roast duck, roast chicken, roast pig, quick-frozen food, ham, cured meat products, sausages, cooked meat products, pickles, bean paste, Preservation of fragrance, quality, taste and color of seasonings.

(2) Suitable for packaging of various circuit boards, electronic products, precision machinery parts, consumer goods, industrial products, etc. For example: PC boards, IC integrated circuits, electronic components, SMT patches in various LED industries, light strip packaging, precision hardware, auto parts and other packaging.

aluminum foil containers

Application field of aluminum foil lunch box material

It is widely used in airline food, home cooking, and large chain cake shops. Main uses: food cooking, baking, freezing, preservation, etc.

The benefits of aluminum foil for food packaging

1. Aluminum packaging is light, flexible and easy to recycle.

2. Aluminum foil has strong corrosion resistance

3. Aluminum foil is extremely dimensionally stable even in the soft state

4. It is hygienic, non-toxic, and helps maintain the aroma of food.

5. It keeps food fresh for a long time and provides protection from light, UV radiation, grease, water vapor, oxygen and microorganisms.

6. In addition, aluminum's light weight reduces the energy required during transportation.

aluminum foil for food packaging is ideal for producing the following packaging:

1. coffee and tea

2. instant drink

3. jams and pies

4. Snacks, Cookies, Candy, Chocolate and Peanuts

5. sausage and jerky

6. condensed soup

7. baby food

Colorful aluminum foil for food packaging

Colorful packaging usually sells better. In many cases, consumers choose a particular product because they are attracted by the packaging design, and through visually successful food packaging, manufacturers can give their products their own image, thereby enhancing the identification value of the target group.

We can customize large roll aluminIum foil for food packaging in various colors according to customer requirements

Thickness and applicable food of aluminum foil for food packaging

1. 10 to 12 micron films are ideal for chocolate and candy,

2. Films from 30 to 38 microns are used in the dairy industry, for example in desserts, puddings and yogurt.

3. For jams and pies, 50-70 µm foil is the right choice.

The development trend of aluminum foil for food packaging

The current trend is for foils to be thinner and thinner due to cost reductions. In chocolate packaging, the thickness of the packaging alone has declined by around 30% over the past two decades.

Currently, the average thickness of chocolate foil is between 7-15 µm, which is smaller than the diameter of a human hair.