China's food industry is in an important period of vigorous development. The emergence of flexible food packaging has greatly improved the mechanization and automation level of food processing, and accelerated the modernization and socialization process of people's dietary life. In developed countries, food and beverages mainly use flexible packaging, but the development of flexible packaging in China is relatively lagging behind. There are two main applications of aluminum foil in food packaging: one is aluminum-plastic or aluminum-paper composite packaging; the other is aluminum, plastic, and paper multi-layer composite packaging, namely Tetra Pak packaging. China's aluminum foil demand for food flexible packaging is approximately 30,000 tons/year. The main areas of application of aluminum foil are: 1) Chocolate and candy packaging.
At present, China's chocolates are basically packaged in aluminum foil, and its market demand is increasing with the expansion of China's chocolate consumer market. There are two forms of candy packaging, one is aluminum-plastic composite or aluminum-paper composite packaging, and the other is aluminum-plated film or single plastic packaging; 2) convenience food and cooked food packaging. Such as instant noodles, local specialty foods, etc. With the development of the food commercial market, the demand for this kind of packaging is increasing, and the development prospects are very optimistic; 3) Milk product packaging. At present, milk powder is basically packaged in aluminum-plastic composite packaging, and liquid milk products are mainly packaged in aluminum foil cartons. my country's regional differences are large, and the distribution of production and sales areas of milk products is unreasonable, providing a broad market for aluminum foil aseptic packaging. At the same time, there is huge room for development of dairy products in China. It is estimated that by 2005, the per capita consumption of dairy products will reach 10 kilograms, the total output will reach 13.5 million tons, and the demand for aluminum foil for dairy packaging will reach 7,000 tons/year; 4) Tea, coffee, etc. A considerable part of the products are packaged in aluminum-plastic composite packaging, which is also an important market for aluminum foil packaging.
