Advantages and disadvantages
The advantages of aseptic packaging are:
The disadvantages of aseptic packaging are:
- convenience - it is portable and light
- food safety - the process ensures that the food is safe from harmful bacteria
- no refrigeration is required - which saves energy in the transportation and storage of the food product
- less energy is required - less energy to heat and sterilise the product and the container
- protection of nutritional content - the food product contains more nutrients due to less heat damage; preservatives do not need to be added
- low packaging to product ratio - there is more than 90% food product to 10% package
- storage efficiency - brick shapes are easier to pack in bulk than cans or jars
The disadvantages of aseptic packaging are:
- recycling in Australia is difficult, though other countries reuse aseptic carton packaging for paper towels, tissues and writing paper
- production costs - due to a more complicated system, production costs increase, resulting in increased costs for the consumer
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