Uflex engineers retortable spouted stand-up pouch for cold beverages
By Satarupa Chakraborty | November 22, 2017
The optimised packaging solution offers 6 months shelf life, without the need of refrigeration and result in emission of much lesser Green House Gases (GHG). The packaging has been introduced for newly-released beverage range by Jo’s.
Leading packaging firm Uflex has recently developed flexible packaging for Jo’s- a leading snacks brand in North India that also happens to be an existing client of Uflex. The packaging has been created for its new range of cold beverages. The optimized packaging solution has a shelf life of 6 months for the cold beverages at room temperature doing away with the cold chain. Explaining about the
new packaging solution Arun Anand, Executive Vice President Marketing at Uflex Packaging said, “We engineered a bespoke foil based 4 tier bottom gusset stand up pouch with a specialized retort sealant layer to withstand sterilization at elevated temperatures. This pouch offers a shelf life of 6 months at room temperature and actually does away with the cold chain be it during transit, at the point of sale or at the consumers’ end for that matter. Coming to think of it, this packaging solution is quite a sustainable option because cold chain or refrigeration is absolutely not required in this case resulting in much lesser emission of GHGs (Green House Gases).”
