Brasil Pack Trends 2020

BrasilPackTrends2020 78 package trends 3.5 QUALITY AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES Smart packages: active and intelligent packages The active packages act on the product or the package headspace to extend shelf life and the microbiological safety of foods and beverages. The active ingredient may be associated to the intrinsic characteristics of the polymers of what it is made or from additives incorporated into plastics, paper, metal or combinations of these materials. These are examples of active packages: oxygen, CO 2 and ethylene absorbers; humidity absorbers/ controllers; odor absorbers; cholesterol removers; ethanol, CO 2 , SO 2 , and scents emitters; antimicrobials, antioxidants packages, self-heating and self-cooling packages. FIGURE 3.6 Active packages examples Oxygen absorbers Liquid absorbers, with possibility of antitheft system aggregation Ethylene absorbers Antimicrobial package: SO 2 emitter Self-heating package Photo: reproduction