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PACKAGING OF BANANA
Introduction
Packaging of Banana
• India is the second largest producer of fruits and vegetables
• It will have significance only when fruits and vegetables reach
the consumer in fresh and palatable condition at a reasonable
price
• Due to heavy post harvest losses, a considerable gap between
production and availability of fruits and vegetables to consumers
• Post-harvest losses are occurring in the period between
harvesting and consumption
• An urgent need to adopt proper post harvest management
practices by adopting improved packaging, handling and efficient
transportation methods
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Introduction cont…..
• Packaging is required to keep fruits, vegetables and root crops
in good condition until it is soled and consumed
• Packaging serves as an efficient handling unit to carry produce
from field to consumer
• The package should also protect the produce against rotting
• Packages must protect against possible damage
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Definition of Food Packaging
Food packaging is defined as a mean or system by which a fresh
produce or processed product will reach from the production centre
to the ultimate consumer in safe and sound condition at an
affordable price
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Functions of Packaging Material
Two main functions of packaging are:
1. To assemble the produce into convenient units for
handling.
2. To protect the produce during distribution, storage and
marketing.
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• Serves as an efficient handling unit
• Protects from mechanical damage
• Protects against moisture loss
• Provides clean and sanitary storage
• To prevent pilferage
• Provides sales and service motivation
• Reduces cost of transport and marketing
Packaging materials used to serve the following purposes
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Packaging Materials for Fresh Produce 1. Basket made of woven strips of leaves, bamboo, plastic etc.
2. Sacks: flexible, made of plastic or jute.
i) Bags: small size sack
ii) Nets: sacks made of open mesh
3. Wooden crates
4. Fibreboard boxes
i) Solid fibreboard boxes
ii) Corrugated fibreboard boxes
5. Plastic crates
6. Biodegradable plastics
7. New innovations in packaging of fruits, vegetables and root crops
8. Pallet boxes and shipping containers
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Packaging Materials for Process Products
Packaging for processed products is of several types:
1. Glass containers
2. Metal cans
3. Aluminium foil
4. Plastic materials
5. Collapsible containers
6. Composite containers
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Cushioning Materials and Wrap
• Cushioning material used for packaging fruits and vegetables are
dry grass, paddy straw, leaves, saw dust, paper shreds etc
• It should dissipate the heat of respiration of the produce
• It should be free from infection and should be physiologically
inactive
• Moulded pulp tray, honeycomb portion, cell pack are used
replacing the cushioning material
• Cassia leaves are most effective in reducing physiological loss in
weight (PLW), spoilage, retaining fruit colour and chemical quality
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Cushioning Materials and Wrap
• One of the newest trends in produce packaging is the shrink-
wrapping of individual produce items
• Shrink-wrapping with an engineered plastic wrap can reduce
• shrinkage,
• protect the produce from disease,
• reduce mechanical damage and
• provide a good surface for stick-on labels
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Packing
• Containers should not be filled either too loosely or too tightly for
best results
• Loose products may vibrate against each other and cause bruising
• While over-packing results in compression bruising
• Proper filling along with cushioning can minimize rubbing damage
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Packaging of Banana
• Conventionally bananas are transported as whole bunches
wrapped with banana leaves
• Use of polyethylene film bags for wrapping whole bunches for
transport is found to be most suitable to reduce wastage
• For export purpose bananas are packed in telescopic type
corrugated fibre board boxes of different dimensions with good
ventilated holes
• The banana hands packed into the boxes in the lengthwise
manner with their cushion resting on the bottom of the box and
fruit finger tips pointing towards the lid
• Stacking of these boxes is done lengthwise.
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Special Care in Packaging
•All freshly harvested produce are living entities
•They respire till their senescence
•The packaging must be provided with enough vents
•The produce can respire appropriately and remains fresh and
alive
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Banana Transport as Bulk & Loose Packaged
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Banana Transport in Carton
Banana carton from Ecuador: note the perforated polyethylene film.
Banana cartons from the Dominican Republic
Source:www.tis-gdv.de
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Banana Hand In plastic crate Banana in Basket
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Banana in Fibre Board Boxes for Ripening
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• Food packaging is a system by which the fresh produce or
processed one will reach from the production centre to the ultimate
consumer in safe and sound condition at an affordable cost
• It serves two basic objectives, i.e., marketing and logistics
• Adopting improved packaging, handling and transportation methods
during distribution and marketing can successfully avert huge post
harvest losses
• The product requirements, the marketing system and the personnel
preference will determine the type of packaging to use
Let Us Sum Up
Packaging of Banana