TITLE PACKAGING OF POTATO

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TITLE PACKAGING OF POTATO
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Introduction
Packaging of Potato

• India is the second largest producer of fruits
  and vegetables
• It will have significance only when fruits and
  vegetables reach the consumer in fresh and
  palatable condition at a reasonable price
• Due to heavy post harvest losses, a considerable
  gap between production and availability of fruits
  and vegetables to consumers
• Post-harvest losses are occurring in the period
  between harvesting and consumption
• An urgent need to adopt proper post harvest
  management practices by adopting improved
  packaging, handling and efficient transportation
  methods

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Introduction cont..

• Packaging is required to keep fruits, vegetables
  and root crops in good condition until it is
  soled and consumed
• Packaging serves as an efficient handling unit to
  carry produce from field to consumer
• The package should also protect the produce
  against rotting
• Packages must protect against possible damage

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Definition of Food Packaging
Food packaging is defined as a mean or system by
which a fresh produce or processed product will
reach from the production centre to the ultimate
consumer in safe and sound condition at an
affordable price
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Functions of Packaging Material

• Two main functions of packaging are
• To assemble the produce into convenient units for
  handling.
• To protect the produce during distribution,
  storage and marketing.

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Packaging materials used to serve the following
purposes

• Serves as an efficient handling unit
• Protects from mechanical damage
• Protects against moisture loss
• Provides clean and sanitary storage
• To prevent pilferage
• Provides sales and service motivation
• Reduces cost of transport and marketing

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Packaging Materials for Fresh Produce
1. Basket made of woven strips of leaves, bamboo,
plastic etc. 2. Sacks flexible, made of plastic
or jute. i) Bags small size sack ii) Nets
sacks made of open mesh 3. Wooden crates 4.
Fibreboard boxes i) Solid fibreboard
boxes ii) Corrugated fibreboard boxes 5. Plastic
crates 6. Biodegradable plastics 7. New
innovations in packaging of fruits, vegetables
and root crops 8. Pallet boxes and shipping
containers
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Packaging Materials for Process Products
Packaging for processed products is of several
types 1. Glass containers 2. Metal cans 3.
Aluminium foil 4. Plastic materials 5.
Collapsible containers 6. Composite containers
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Cushioning Materials and Wrap

• Cushioning material used for packaging fruits and
  vegetables are dry grass, paddy straw, leaves,
  saw dust, paper shreds etc
• It should dissipate the heat of respiration of
  the produce
• It should be free from infection and should be
  physiologically inactive
• Moulded pulp tray, honeycomb portion, cell pack
  are used replacing the cushioning material
• Cassia leaves are most effective in reducing
  physiological loss in weight (PLW), spoilage,
  retaining fruit colour and chemical quality

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Cushioning Materials and Wrap

• One of the newest trends in produce packaging is
  the shrink-wrapping of individual produce items
• Shrink-wrapping with an engineered plastic wrap
  can reduce
• shrinkage,
• protect the produce from disease,
• reduce mechanical damage and
• provide a good surface for stick-on labels

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Packing

• Containers should not be filled either too
  loosely or too tightly for best results
• Loose products may vibrate against each other and
  cause bruising
• While over-packing results in compression
  bruising
• Proper filling along with cushioning can minimize
  rubbing damage

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Packaging of Potato

• Commonly used packaging materials for potato are
  fibre mesh sacks, plastic film sacks, burlap bags
• Tinted plastic bags are used to reduce light
  transmission to the tubers
• Tubers in the transparent film bags should be
  protected from direct sunlight to avoid greening
  of the tubers
• Potatoes are taken in plastic crates for local
  market

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Special Care in Packaging

• All freshly harvested produce are living entities
• They respire till their senescence
• The packaging must be provided with enough vents
  
• The produce can respire appropriately and remains
  fresh and alive

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Potato Packaging
25X50 mesh Potato Packaging bag
Leno bag for Potato packaging
Potato Packaging Bag
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Potato Packaging
500 X 667 Holland Potatoes Packaging
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Potato Box for Packaging
Source http//www.ecopac.co.uk/AboutUs.aspx
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Processed Potato Product Packaging
Flexible Packaging for Potato Products Source
http//www.google.co.in/
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Flexible Packaging for Potato Products Source
http//www.google.co.in/
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Potatopak Products

• 100 Biodegradable
• 100Compostable
• Not harmful to human, animal or marine lifeeven
  if eaten by mistake
• Main ingredient is Potato starch
• Manufactured by compression moulding
• Product range plates, trays, bowls and
• punnets
• Bioplastics 2002, York Potatopak Ltd

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Let Us Sum Up

• Food packaging is a system by which the fresh
  produce or processed one will reach from the
  production centre to the ultimate consumer in
  safe and sound condition at an affordable cost
• It serves two basic objectives, i.e., marketing
  and logistics
• Adopting improved packaging, handling and
  transportation methods during distribution and
  marketing can successfully avert huge post
  harvest losses
• The product requirements, the marketing system
  and the personnel preference will determine the
  type of packaging to use
• Potato can be used to make biodegradable
  packaging material

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