Aluminum Foil for Food Packaging

Aluminum foil was first produced in France in 1903. In 1911, a brand based in Bern, Switzerland, began wrapping its chocolate bars in aluminum foil. Their unique triangular packaging is still widely available today. At that time, aluminum foil, as the most expensive packaging material, was only used for high-end packaging. It gradually became popular instead of tin foil.

After nearly a century of development, aluminum foil has become a major packaging material, and its market development is mature in many countries. Aluminum foil for food packaging has greatly improved the mechanization and automation level of food processing, and accelerated the modernization and socialization of people's diet and life.

In the aluminum foil consumer market, aluminum foil for packaging is the most important application field. After compounding it with other materials, it can be used for food packaging, pharmaceutical packaging, tobacco packaging, beer labeling, and daily chemical packaging. Among them, aluminum foil for tobacco packaging accounts for 36% of the total, food packaging accounts for 27%, and pharmaceutical packaging accounts for 22%.

There are 1 series, 3 series and 8 series of aluminum foil for food packaging. The alloyss include 1060, 1100, 3003, 8011, 8021 aluminum foil, etc. The common tempers are H14, H16 and H18. They can be used for packaging cooked food, meat products, seafood, braised products, fried products, soy products, etc.

The aluminum foil for pharmaceutical packaging is mainly 8011 aluminum foil, 8021 aluminum foil, and 8079 aluminum foil. The tempers are O, H14, H16, H18,etc. The product thickness range is 0.016-0.2mm. At present, it is widely used in ptp capsule medicine board, blister packaging, tropical blister packaging, medical bottle caps and other fields.

Advantages of aluminum foil food packaging

1. Compared with plastic packaging, it will not release toxic substances under high temperature, which is safe and hygienic.

2. Compared with paper packaging, 8011 aluminum foil jumbo roll has high temperature resistance, good thermal insulation, and oil resistance.

3. Compared with glass packaging, aluminum foil packaging has high mechanical strength, is not fragile, and is easy to transport and store.

4. Aluminum foil packaging has the advantages of easy recycling, green environmental protection, good shading performance, water resistance,etc.