Food Packaging: Cost-Cutting Materials and Fitments
Fish and seafood packaged in retort pouches have been on the market for some time. But until Pyramid Flexible Packaging and Presto Products recently devised a new reclosable retort pouch, none of these pouches were resealable.
The four-ply foil retort laminate pouch is produced at Pyramid's converting facility in Korea. Currently, the packages for Blue Star's crabmeat products have a 12-month refrigerated shelf life. According to Dean Hoss, president, Pyramid Flexible Packaging, the heat-resistant Zip'n Store retort package can also be used in the microwave and as a boil-in bag for cooking and reheating food products inside the package.