TITLE PACKAGING OF POTATO

1. TITLE PACKAGING OF POTATO

2. Introduction Packaging of Potato • 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

3. Packaging of Potato 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 possibledamage

4. Packaging of Potato 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

5. Packaging of Potato Functions of Packaging Material • Two main functions of packaging are: • To assemble the produce into convenient units for handling. • To protect the produce during distribution, storage and marketing.

6. Packaging of Potato Packaging materials used to serve the following purposes • 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

7. Packaging of Potato 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

8. Packaging of Potato 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

9. Packaging of Potato 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 chemicalquality

10. Packaging of Potato 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

11. Packaging of Potato 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

12. Packaging of Potato Packaging of Potato • Commonly used packaging materials for potato are fibre mesh sacks, plastic film sacks, burlap bags • Tinted plastic bags are used to reduce light transmission to the tubers • Tubers in the transparent film bags should be protected from direct sunlight to avoid greening of the tubers • Potatoes are taken in plastic crates for local market

13. Packaging of Potato 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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17. Packaging of Potato Processed Potato Product Packaging Flexible Packaging for Potato Products Source: http://www.google.co.in/

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19. Packaging of Potato Potatopak Products • 100% Biodegradable • 100%Compostable • Not harmful to human, animal or marine lifeeven if eaten by mistake • Main ingredient is Potato starch • Manufactured by compression moulding • Product range: plates, trays, bowls and • punnets • Bioplastics 2002, York Potatopak Ltd

20. Packaging of Potato Let Us Sum Up • 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 • Potato can be used to make biodegradable packaging material

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