The emergence of flexible food packaging packets has greatly improved the mechanization and automation of food processing and accelerated the modernization and socialization of people’s diets. Food and beverages are mainly used in flexible packaging.

aluminium foil jumbo roll for making packet

aluminium foil jumbo roll for making packet

There are two main applications of aluminum foil in food packaging: one is aluminum-plastic or aluminum-paper composite packaging; the other is aluminum, plastic, and paper multilayer composite packaging, namely Tetra Pak.

The main fields of aluminum foil application are:

1) Chocolate and candy packaging. At present, chocolate is basically packaged in aluminum foil, and its market demand is increasing with the expansion of the chocolate consumer market. There are two situations for candy packaging, one is aluminum-plastic composite or aluminum paper composite packaging, and the other is an aluminized film or single plastic packaging;
2) Convenience food, cooked food packaging.
Such as instant noodles, local specialty foods, etc. With the development of the food business market, the demand for such packaging is increasing, and the development prospect is very optimistic;
3) Packaging for dairy products.
At present, milk powder is basically packaged in aluminum-plastic composite packaging, and liquid milk products are mainly packaged in aluminum foil cartons.

4) A considerable part of the tea, coffee, and other products are packaged in aluminum-plastic composite packaging, which is also an important market for aluminum foil packaging.

Why Aluminium foils are used for packing food items?

Because aluminum foil has the characteristics of smooth surface, lightweight, good shading, not easy to corrosion, non-toxic, easy to process, can be compounded with paper and plastic composite flexible packaging materials.

Especially after aluminum foil and plastic and paper composite, the shielding performance of aluminum foil is combined with the strength of paper and the heat sealing performance of plastic, which further improves the shielding performance of packaging materials on water vapor, air, ultraviolet, and bacteria, and greatly expands the application market of aluminum foil.

Huawei Aluminum Quotation

Date LME LME Weekly Price 2023-04 LME Average 2023-04 SMM Average
2023-05-03 2330$ 2333.3$ 2341.00$ 2712.08$
2023-05-02 2353$
2023-04-28 2342$
2023-04-27 2302$
2023-04-26 2339.5$
Notes

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