Food Packaging: Retortable carton awaits American debut
As if metal cans and flexible pouches weren’t options enough, now food processors can use cartons in retort processing. European food manufacturers already are using Tetra Pak Inc.’s Recart packaging, and the packaging system is about to debut in America.
Last May, Nestle introduced this paperboard alternative to the can. Chicken chunks in jelly under the Friskies dog food brand debuted in the Italian market, and the product has since spread to several other European countries, including England and France. Tetra Pak’s Denton, Texas-based roll-fed packaging systems division expects to win FDA and USDA approval for the packaging this summer.