PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY FOOD AND BEVERAGE FOOD AND BEVERAGE PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY SECOND EDITION EDITED BY RICHARD COLES AND MARK KIRWAN
The major food and beverage packaging materials — glass, metal, plastic, paper and paperboard — increasingly compete with each other in the battle over which type of container is optimal for a given application. Increasingly, food and beverage product innovators need FOOD AND to consider which packaging materials — or combination of materials, systems, pack designs and processes — will best serve the market and enhance brand value with due consideration of the sustainability credentials of the product and its packaging. BEVERAGE Now in a fully revised and updated second edition, the book provides a contemporary overview of the preservation and packaging of food and beverages. It focuses initially on the core issues of biodeterioration, product quality and shelf life, before discussing logistical packaging and the importance of integrating packaging with all the activities in a supply chain. PACKAGING Each of the main packaging materials is then examined in depth, alongside the techniques of active packaging and modified atmosphere packaging (MAP). This new edition also addresses environmental and sustainability concerns. A new chapter discusses bioplastics, which continue to establish niche markets in the packaging of food and beverage products. TECHNOLOGY The contributors are an authoritative team close to the latest developments in food and beverage packaging technologies. This book will provide a resource for those in and associated with the food and beverage industry who need to know about the packaging SECOND EDITION needs of the products. It will help those in the manufacture of food and beverage products to understand how their products packaging needs are met in manufacture, storage, distribution and retailing. It will be useful to those who create and manufacture packaging materials EDITED BY and packaging products, for packaging engineers and for students studying packaging technology, food science and all packaging-related subjects. RICHARD COLES AND MARK KIRWAN
The Editors
Richard Coles is a Consultant in Food Packaging, SECOND EDITION based in London, UK Mark Kirwan is a Consultant and Lecturer in Packaging Technology, based in London, UK
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Food and Beverage Packaging Technology
Second Edition
Edited by Richard Coles Food Packaging Specialist, London Mark Kirwan Consultant in Food Packaging, London
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Food and beverage packaging technology / edited by Richard Coles, Mark Kirwan. – 2nd ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4051-8910-1 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Food–Packaging. 2. Beverages–Packaging. 3. Food–Preservation. I. Kirwan, Mark J. TP374.F638 2011 664 .09–dc22 2010031137
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