Why Is Aluminum Foil Container Popular for Airline Meals

Aluminum foil containers have been widely used for airline meals. Why isn’t choose plastic or degradable paper container chosen? What are the advantages of container aluminum foil? Let’s have a look together.

The ordinary plastic products cannot be used for high temperature heating. It is extremely inconvenient to heat the food in the plastic container. When heating with the plastic box, the toxic substances in the plastic will be released, and then penetrate into the food, which will affect the human health.

Wouldn't it be better to use ceramic? Why should we choose container foil? It is of lightweight and low cost and takes up little space. Relatively speaking, the cost of ceramic tableware is very high, and it is fragile, so it will not be used only once, so it needs to be cleaned and maintained, and these costs are very high.

As a safe, hygienic and environmentally friendly packaging material, aluminum foil paper has an important feature of excellent barrier properties, which can effectively block air, water and light, thereby maintaining or extending the shelf life and freshness of food.

The general aluminum foils chosen for making foil container are 3003 and 8011 aluminum foil. Other high-end choices are 5052 and 8006 aluminum alloy. The foil container or tray made of 8011 or 3003 has a certain hardness, moderate prices, and one-time use. Aluminum foil has excellent heat transfer properties, just to meet the needs of short flight and rapid heating.

Aviation aluminum foil container can be classified into two types in terms of appearance and quality: one is a wrinkled lunch container directly punched from plain aluminum foil, of which the thickness is generally 0.06~0.07mm; the other is coated aluminum foil container, of which the thickness is generally 0.08~0.09mm.

The coating material is food-grade resin coating, and the transparent or white coating is attached to the aluminum foil through high temperature coating, so that the aluminum foil is isolated from the air and avoids oxidation and blackening of the aluminum foil.

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