The Changes , Development And Evolvement

The changes in food packaging

Early development in food packaging
The industrial revolution has brought about the development of new manufacturing
technology and new materials. Although many of them were not originally used for food, they
have become useful food packaging materials. Metal cans were originally made for snuff.
They provide an excellent barrier to keep moisture in the product and protect the flavor of the
product. Nicholas Appert answered a challenge from the French Emperor Napoleon
Bonaparte, he discovered a way to preserve food for the army, which was later used in
canning.

Nicholas Appert used a glass bottle with corks secured with the wire as a closure to contain
food while heating. Glass bottles are fragile and soon replaced by metal cans, making
products easier to heat-processed more to prevent spoilage and extend shelf life.Paperboard
was first used to make folding cartons in the early 19th century. Corrugated boxes were
developed in the 1850s and are now widely used as shipping containers for smaller
packages.Plastics, including nitrocellulose, vinyl chloride, and styrene, were discovered in the
19th century but were not used in any packaging until the 20th century.Some of the earliest
uses were during World War II, with the commercialization of food packaging occurring after
the war.

one part of the package patented in 1892 played an important role in the development of the
beverage industry. William Painter, founder of Crown Holdings, Inc., the patent for crown
cork. It is a metal cap with a cork inside to seal against the top of the glass bottle.Before the
invention, the glass bottle can not be tightly sealed with a convenient closure and did not
provide protection for the products in the bottle.Due to the entry of oxygen, the product is
easy to deteriorate.With the development of plastics and other synthetic materials, they have
replaced corks to provide a more tighter seal and uniform.In today, some of the liners in the
crown have built-in oxygen absorption ability, which can remove the residual oxygen from
the headspace in the bottle to eliminate the oxidation or slow down of the substances in the
bottle.

Biscuits were the first individually packaged products, first sold in the 1890s.They are
produced by the National Biscuit Company, which was recently formed by the merger of
several baking companies.They felt that they needed something new to attract people's
attention to the company, so they developed a biscuit that was lighter and crisper than
anything else on the market.Before that, biscuits were packed in large barrels, which were sat
open on the market. People pick out whatever they want and take it home in a paper bag.But
this does not have any protection to the product quality, only has played the dust cover
function.New products need moisture protection to maintain light, flaky texture, and an
individual packaging design with lining provides this protection.Although this does not seem
significant today, it is a big step forward in maintaining product quality by providing a
moisture barrier to keep the product crisp. This also provides protection against contamination
during distribution.

The evolvement of food packaging

In ancient times, food was produced and consumed locally, so there was no need for
packaging. But with the development of civilization, the need to protect, contain, and
transport food supply has become crucial. Utensils and containers made of leaves, lotus
leaves, bamboo, palm leaves, coconut shells, gourds, shells, animal skins, and other natural
materials by primitive people.Later, with the discovery of minerals, chemicals, and ores,
metals and pottery developed, leading to the use of new materials, including ceramics, fabrics,
metals, woodwork, lacquer ware, jade, and some types of paper. The steam engine marked the
beginning of the industrial revolution.

When Napoleon Bonaparte paid a large sum of money to provide his troops with an effective
way to preserve food, a French chef found that food sealed in glass jars and sterilized by
boiling could be safely consumed for a long time. A British inventor soon developed a
method of make and seal tin cans filled with food. Other metals are eventually used to
package food and other goods.During the period of the industrial revolution, the evolve of
packaging is advancing by bounds and leaps. As machine-made products begin to replace
hand-made goods, more effective packaging methods evolved as a matter of necessity to deal
with the large-scale production of goods. Packaging goods for individuals began in this era. In
some cases, packaging has an impact on how the production model of the product itself.

After that ,the paperboard box was invented in England in 1817, but it was not until 1890 that
an effective method of prefabricating cartons was invented that the technology was
developed. In the United States, Nabisco and Kelloggs quickly promoted paperboard boxes
for biscuits and cereals.In order to meet the needs and demand of consumers, manufacturers
began to produce single-use packaging in the early 20th century. The company also began to
make more use of the marketing opportunities provided by packaging, using the brand logos
and illustrations and eye-catching words to attract consumers' attention.The first plastic
injection molding machine was invented in the 1920s, but it was not until the development of
polypropylene in the 1950s that plastic became a widely used packaging material. In that
decade,pop-top aluminum cans were also introduced. By the 1960s, plastics, especially
polyethylene, were rapidly becoming the packaging material for many products.