Prise it open with your fingernails - eventually. Puncture it with a knife. Peel it off in shreds. What a manufacturer calls ‘safely sealed food’, its customers call ‘impenetrable’. As the ready meal market becomes more and more competitive, user-friendly packaging is playing an increasingly important role in the brands customers return to.
Earlier this year, KM Packaging solved the problem of clouding in sealing films with KM Klarity. [hyperlink to pkn aug story]
And then it made a steam venting film available in KM’s standard or Klarity ranges. This may be supplied as peel seal or weld seal and is available with a high oxygen barrier, where venting holes in the film are coated to prevent air getting in or out, hermetically sealing the tray. On heating in a microwave oven, the coating softens to facilitate ventilation. Alternatively, pepper pot holes can be created anywhere in the lid and in any configuration, allowing steam to escape but keeping the seal intact.
Now, KM has also solved the dilemma of opening perfectly sealed meals in trays. KPeel 3G is a technically-superior heat-sealable polyester film that peels cleanly from trays in ambient or chilled conditions.
It is available in 21, 25 and 40 micron thickness and is extremely versatile, sealing to CPet and APet trays and providing superior cold peel in one piece without shredding, even direct from the freezer.
It is dual ovenable – microwave and conventional oven – and chillable, and makes peeling while hot easier as well.
Commercial director of KM Packaging, Graham Holding, explained, “KM is constantly looking to innovate, not just for the sake of it, but to really seek out ways to make the consumer experience better and thus keep our customers – food manufacturers – happy. As we celebrate our 30th anniversary we’re having a fantastic year with the launch of several genuinely market-leading products over recent months, which have so far proven to be very successful.
"We expect KPeel 3G to be another trailblazer thanks to its sheer versatility and user-friendly qualities in almost any food dish, from ready meals to fruit platters. Additional features include multi-colour printing as well as macro hole and lazer perforation.”
