Food and Nutrition SS2

 Date : 27th June, 2022

Class : SS TWO

Subject : FOOD AND NUTRITION

Topic : FOOD PACKAGING.

Introduction 

Food packaging could be referred to as a group of activities in product planning that involves designing and producing the container or wrapper for the product.

Reasons for Packaging 

  1. Packaging protects the food on its route from the manufacturer to the final consumer.
  2. Packaging carries advertisement for as long as the used in its package
  3. It increases the cost of handling in terms of storage and transportation for both the intermediaries and the consumer
  4. Packaging helps to identify a product and this may prevent substitution of competitive goods
  5. Packaging also serve as a promotion at the point of purchase    
Types of Packaging 

  • Family packaging : This involves the use of identical packaging for all products e.g rite food industry like the bigi apple, bigi cola, bigi lemon etc
  • Re-use packaging : This involves using packaging that can serve other purposes after the original content have been consumed e.g wine bottle are been used for sales of groundnut.
  • Multiple packaging : This involves putting several different units in one container .
  • Refill packaging : Here the original package is maintained by the buyer of the product.
Disadvantages of packaging 

  1. Packaging have potentially serious hazards from glass splinters or fragments in food.
  2. Packaging causes environmental problems and pollution . However it satisfies consumers desire for convenience in the form of throw away container.
  3. Some packages have been condemned for being health hazardous e.g plastic containers in chemical industries. 
  4. A packaging is expensive to make i.e in cosmetics and even in simple food packages. 
  5. Higher weight incur higher transport cost than other types of packaging. 
Advantages of Packaging 

  1. Packaging prolongs the shelf life of food 
  2. It makes food safer and less vulnerable to contamination
  3. Packaging accounts for a percentage of all food manufacturers cost and that is factored into the final price of each food product for the consumer
  4. Single serving packages and packaged perishable items are convenient because consumers don't have to wrap them up or put them in containers before storing them
  5. Packaging also makes food more marketable and makes the product more appealing to eyes. 
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