packaging in bakery industry

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Packing process is intiated at feeding to packing machines .Feeding
are either manual or with help of auto feeders with help of feeding chutes .
Biscuits are fed into packing machines in continous stacks this is
achieved through stacker which converts free flowing biscuits into uniform
stacks .These are done through guidelines which could be adjusted as
per type of biscuits .

Major function of packaging are

1. Protect from mechanical damage in transit and loading and unloading

2. Protect from loss of moisture and any foreign odour contaminations

3. Protect from Foreign body infestation.

4. Legal compliance for values and ingredients for consumers

5. Advertisement

Biscuit are wrapped with packing machines and wrappers are sealed as
long and ends. These are sealed with helps of heaters .Coders are
synchronised with machine speed to print details to the packing material .

Packs could be of various size and shape . Popular are pillow pack and
family packs with wt ranging from 25 gms to 400gms . These packs are
then put into cartons are then taped by passing through carton taping
machines .

Now biscuits are ready for dispatch .

Various type of packing material is used in biscuit industry.

Primary packaging: Laminate/Wrapper , Wax Paper and Bopp films .
These are tailored made for various packs where the cut-off-length and
width are decided prior to packing material production .

Basic properties for laminates corrugated boxes are Bursting strength ,
GSM and thickness of films measured in microns .Values varies from
one product to other.Selection have to be done on above parameter.

Primary function of packaging are protecting biscuit from foreign body
infestation , increasing shelf life , product and manufacturer info and
transportation .

Technological innovation has made possible to have various shape , sizes and
colours for biscuit packaging .

The important groups of packing material are