It is well known that disposable plastic packaging containers are widely used in the food industry. Their lightweight, hygienic, and low cost make them popular with both businesses and consumers. Currently, disposable plastic food packaging materials include cling film, plastic bags, disposable tableware, and takeout boxes.
Today, as the concept of intensive production gradually penetrates the food industry, a large number of packaging containers are needed for the transportation and circulation of food. In areas such as fresh food, cooked food, and takeout, there are extremely high hygiene requirements for packaging containers, and considering the cost, disposable plastic is often used as packaging material.
Given the extensive use of disposable plastic packaging containers in the food industry, except for plastic bags that may be replaced by environmentally friendly bags under the constraints of the plastic restriction order, other product types such as takeout boxes, cling film, and disposable tableware will continue to be used in the absence of new technologies and products.
Compared with paper, metal, and glass packaging containers, disposable plastic products have special advantages: convenient storage, easy processing, and good hygiene conditions. Therefore, as a country with high food consumption, China's consumption of disposable plastic packaging containers is also enormous.
According to statistics from the "China Disposable Plastic Food Packaging Container Industry Report" by the Prospective Industry Research Institute, the current output value of China's packaging industry is close to one trillion yuan. Assuming that disposable plastic food packaging containers account for 10% of this, it is still a market with a scale of nearly 100 billion yuan.
It is precisely because of this that the number of manufacturers of disposable plastic food packaging containers in China is increasing, and with the rapid development of the food industry, production capacity is poised to explode. However, looking at the industry Applications, many problems that have emerged may release some forward-looking signals.
First, China ranks among the world's leaders in vegetable and fruit consumption, but its spoilage rate is equally high. Compared with the less than 5% fruit and vegetable spoilage rate in developed countries, China's rate is as high as 30%. Therefore, in this area, products with preservation, moisturizing, and sterilization functions will have a larger market.
In addition, with the improvement of people's living standards, the demand for products with high barrier properties, UV resistance, steam resistance, oxygen-proof, breathable, and light-shielding properties will also expand rapidly. However, China is currently relatively backward in the production and supply of special raw materials in these areas, as well as in the research and development of various production auxiliaries.
Therefore, in the future, if enterprises want to survive among many competitors, focusing on development in these areas will have a higher winning rate. At the same time, the emergence of market demands for green, environmentally friendly, and safe products has also brought new development directions to the disposable plastic food packaging container industry. Whether it is auxiliaries or raw materials, there needs to be a major breakthrough in thermal stability and safety.
