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PACKAGING OF POTATO
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
Packaging of Potato
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
Packaging of Potato
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
Packaging of Potato
Functions of Packaging Material
Two main functions of packaging are:
1. To assemble the produce into convenient units for
handling.
2. To protect the produce during distribution, storage and
marketing.
Packaging of Potato
• 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
Packaging materials used to serve the following purposes
Packaging of Potato
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
Packaging of Potato
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
Packaging of Potato
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
Packaging of Potato
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
Packaging of Potato
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
Packaging of Potato
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
Packaging of Potato
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
Packaging of Potato
Potato Packaging Bag
25X50 mesh Potato Packaging bag
Potato Packaging
Leno bag for Potato packaging
Packaging of Potato
Potato Packaging
500 X 667 Holland Potatoes Packaging
Packaging of Potato
Source: http://www.ecopac.co.uk/AboutUs.aspx
Potato Box for Packaging
Packaging of Potato
Flexible Packaging for Potato ProductsSource: http://www.google.co.in/
Processed Potato Product Packaging
Packaging of Potato
Flexible Packaging for Potato ProductsSource: http://www.google.co.in/
Packaging of Potato
Potatopak Products
• 100% Biodegradable
• 100%Compostable
• 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
Packaging of Potato
• 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
Let Us Sum Up
Packaging of Potato