Fruits packaging

Fruit Industry Supply Chains (FISC) are interconnected networks conformed by production nodes (farms), processing plants (fruit packaging and concentrated juice plants), and storage facilities, along with clients and third party raw material and services suppliers. Although Supply Chain optimization is a mature field, very few contributions on FISC modeling with management purposes have appeared so far in the open literature. 

For some consumers, fruits packaged in cans or plastic bowls are a convenient option. Two companies with familiar products that have been popular over decades are Del Monte and Dole. Both have jumped into the superfruits arena with new promotional campaigns ... 

Permeability of gases and vapors through a film is an important consideration in many applications of polymers. A high permeability is sometimes desirable. For example, in fruit-packaging applications of plastics film it is desirable to have high permeability of carbon dioxide. On the other hand, for making inner tube and tubeless tires, or in a child s balloon, the polymer used must have low air permeability. 

Polylactic acid (PLA) PLA biodegradable thermoplastic polyester produced from lactic acid is the commercially most advanced bioplastic. Biophan produces foils made of PLA produced by Nature Works in Blair, Nebraska, for vegetable and fruit packaging. Sulzer [54] has developed a new process to convert lactates to PLA with an entirely skid-mounted unit. A1000 ton continuous demonstration pilot plant for PLA was built in Winterthur and Pfaffikon in Switzerland in cooperation with Purac (a lactic acid producer) and Synbra [55], which started commercial PLA polymerization in 2011. Teijin in Matsuyama, Japan, developed a PLA-based heat-resistant biopolymer called Biofront [56]. But it remains an economically challenging business. Cereplast (OK), a maker of various bioplastics and production capacities of over 80 000 tons per years with plants in Assisi (Italy) and Seymour (United States), had to... 

Food and kindred products Processing, packaging, shipping Meats, fats, oils, bones, offal, vegetables, fruits, nuts and shells, cereals... 

Earl Grey tea is flavored with the peel oil of bergamot, a citrus fruit, which is added by spraying onto black tea before final packaging. Other flavors may also be applied to black tea by spraying onto the leaves, incorporation of flowers into the blend, or by addition of encapsulated flavor crystals. Other common flavored teas include Rose Congou and Lychee. 

Fruit vegetables (tomatoes, cucumbers, etc.) F X X Sorting, packaging... 

Day, B. R F. (2005) Modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) and the safety and quality of fresh fruit and vegetables , in, Jongen, W., Improving the Quality of Fresh Fruit and Vegetables, Woodhead Publishing, Cambridge, 493-512. 

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