How Modified Atmosphere Packaging is Effective in Preserving a Prepared Ready-to-eat Food?

Packaging is the science, art, and technology used for protecting products for distribution, storage, and sale. Modified atmosphere packaging is a technique developed to extend the storage time of packaged food. It helps in maintaining the freshness, nutrition, value, and color of the packages food. Modified atmosphere packaging alters the gas present inside the food package, prevents the growth of microorganism, and keeps the color unchanged.

The demand of manufacturers for longer shelf-life drives the growth of the modified atmosphere packaging market. Besides this, increasing demand for fresh and quality food amd on the go lofestyle is another factor driviong the growth of the market.

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However, stringent environmetal legislations and high development cost, restricts the growth of the modified atmosphere packaging market. The use of packaging as a tool for marketing products by different companies and emerging economies will foster the growth of the modified atmosphere marketing in the years to come.

The global modified atmosphere packaging market is segmented on the basis of material, technology, gases, application and geography. On the basis of material, the modified atmosphere packaging market is segmented into ethylene vinyl alcohol, poly ethylene, oriented polyethylene-terephthalate, polyamide and others.

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As per technolgy, the modified atmosphere packaging market is broken into tray-sealer machine, horizontal and vertical flow packaging machin, deep-drawing machine, vacuum chamber machine, bag-sealing machine and others. As per gases, the market is bifurcated into nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and others. On the basis of application, the modified atmosphere packaging is divided into dairy products, poultry, bakery & confectionery, convinience food, seafood & meat products, fruits & vegetables and others.