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Intelligent packaging or smart packaging means that the wrapping can analyze as well as exhibit the novelty of the packed food product and indicate if it has decayed or the iced up food has defrosted. Intelligent packaging ensures the customers that the wrapping of the food is gratifying the purpose of shielding the consistency, superiority, flavor and texture of foods.

For fresh fruit and vegetables

The traditional film wrappings, though appropriate for storing ready-to-serve salads, they are not suited to meet the excessive breathing frequency of vegetables cut from before. As a result, whenever such food products are packed in the conventional way, they tend to decay fast. Hence, intelligent packaging, which controls oxygen outlet and maintains an optimal environment, is the best option to store, preserve and transport such food products.

Functionalities

Intelligent packaging is an expansive expression that covers multiple purposes. This, however, largely relies on the nature of food product that is packed. Few of the functionalities of intelligence packaging are as follows:

• Prevents food decay and increases its shelf life.
• Adds to the foodstuff’s appearance, taste, essence and fragrance.
• Helps to react to any modifications in the product or the package surroundings.
• Enables the consumer to get facts about the product and its condition
• Specifies reliability of the packaging seal.

How it works

What is significant about intelligent packaging is that the covering’s operation shifts according to the changes inside and outside stipulations and communicates the transforms to the consumers. Advances in packaging know-how have given rise to oxygen searchers, anti-microbial coatings and gas leaky parcels. On the other hand, classified encasing has made customized environment packaging, dampness soakers and other amalgamations of packing possible to ensure the originality and flavor of the foods. In brief, intelligent packaging is one that can ‘sense and notify’ the end users about the condition of the product inside the packing.

Quality guarantee

Whether the packed food that they are purchasing is safe for consumption or not has been the greatest concern of the customers universally. Presently, food packets are stamped with the date of manufacture and packaging. This, however, gives no guarantee of the fact whether the packet has ever been exposed to adverse conditions during transportation or storage. On the contrary, intelligent packaging can sense the condition of the food product inside and inform the consumer about its safety. This way intelligent packaging not only ensures the quality of the food for the consumer, but also enables the retailer to fetch better prices for the product.