The Chinese Spring Festival in 2024 is coming. Every Chinese will prepare various kinds of food to celebrate the arrival of the Spring Festival. Because of this, various food manufacturers will try their best to attract consumers through special packaging forms of their products. Today let’s take a look at the special Spring Festival packaging forms of several foods!
New Year gift box packaging
The consumer groups targeted at New Year gift box packaging are mainly families and friends. They are looking for gifts that convey their feelings and are full of festive atmosphere. Therefore, all food packaging designs reflect warm, festive and exquisite elements. In addition, judging from the appearance of the gift box, it still has a regular shape, showing its grand feeling. Judging from the specific printing content, since this year is the Year of the “Loong” in China, the “Loong” pattern will be used on the cartons and Chinese red is the main color of each gift box. For some relatively high-end gift box packaging, some interesting interactive elements will be added, three-dimensional printing technology will be used to produce three-dimensional patterns, luminous light strips or color-changing inks will be added to increase the fun and interactivity of the gift box packaging.
The material of the gift box is mostly thick corrugated cardboard, which reflects its stiffness and can effectively protect the candy inside as well. Of course, some gift boxes are packed in iron boxes and then put into cardboard boxes.
The packaging materials of different food are still different.
Candy packaging
There are several types of materials for packaging candy, including:
1. Polyethylene film: Polyethylene film is a common candy wrapper material. It has good barrier properties and can effectively block moisture and oxygen, thereby maintaining the freshness of the candy. In addition, polyethylene film also has certain tear resistance properties and can provide certain protection.
2. Aluminum foil paper: Aluminum foil paper is widely used in candy packaging. It has excellent barrier properties, which can effectively isolate the candy from contact with the outside air and prevent the candy from moisture and oxidation. In addition, aluminum foil also has good UV resistance, which can effectively protect the color and taste of candies.
3. Paper wrapping paper: Paper wrapping paper is an environmentally friendly material made from paper pulp. It is lightweight and can have some moisture-proof and barrier properties when properly treated. Paper wrapping paper can be printed and coated to achieve a variety of packaging effects, making the candy more eye-catching on the shelf.
Candy shapes are mainly regular shapes such as cubes and cuboids, which are easy to produce and package. In fact, candies can be designed to be more interesting. The most typical ones are button-shaped, but they can also be designed in the shape of wine bottles or animals. Interesting monster candy packaging is very attractive to both children and adults.
Since all candies are in New Year gift boxes, the pattern design and printing will be rearranged to be more in line with the Spring Festival theme.
Dried fruits
1.Plastic laminated bags
Plastic laminated bags are common dried fruit packaging bags and have the advantages of being lightweight, highly transparent, and low in price. However, plastic bags have poor sealing and barrier properties and are prone to moisture, oxidation and pollution. Therefore, plastic bags are not suitable for long-term storage of dried fruits.
2. Aluminum foil bags
Aluminum foil bags have excellent sealing performance and barrier properties, which can effectively prevent air and moisture from entering and ensure the freshness of dried fruits. Moreover, aluminum foil bags also have high light-shielding and moisture-proof properties,
protecting dried fruits from light and moisture. However, the price of aluminum foil bags is relatively high.
3. Kraft paper bags
Kraft paper bags are an environmentally friendly packaging material with good air permeability and barrier properties. They can protect dried fruits from moisture and oxidation. What’s more, kraft paper bags can also be printed and customized to improve the aesthetics of the products.
Packaging for Puffed products and potato chip food
In the Chinese market, puffed foods led by Want Want and potato chips led by Lay's have various gift boxes and packages appearing every year. So what are the packaging bags used for its food?
Packaging bags usually use a variety of materials, the most common ones are polyethylene (PE) plastic film and shrink-hardened polyethylene (OPP) plastic film. Among them, polyethylene (PE) plastic film is the most commonly used packaging bag material. It has the advantages of cheapness, good resistance to perforation, good anti-aging performance, good printing effect, and odorless. (OPP) plastic film has the characteristics of high tensile strength, high gloss, good transparency and barrier properties, but it has high cost and is not resistant to high temperatures. It is usually used for high-end puffed food or potato chip packaging.
In addition, packaging bags on the market are often made of laminated materials made of biaxially oriented polypropylene film (BOPP), low-density polyethylene (LDPE) and high-density polyethylene (HDPE). Among them, biaxially oriented polypropylene film is used as the outer layer material because of its good printability, good gloss, good overall appearance, and moderate price, while aluminum foil is used as the inner layer material, which can prevent moisture.
There are also some special packaging bags, such as striped bags made of multi-layer composite materials. The outer layer of this kind of bag is usually PE, and the inner layer is OPP or Oriented PS. It has good perforation resistance, stretch resistance and air insulation. It is suitable for packaging puffed food or potato chips with special requirements.