Fresh and intact biscuits must have high-quality packaging. Excellent biscuit packaging not only helps to preserve the quality of the biscuits but also possesses strong visual appeal.
Here, I will introduce how to choose those biscuit and cracker packages and packaging machines. So, let’s dive in to learn more.
What Makes Good Biscuit and Cracker Packaging?
A good cookie packaging should not only protect the quality of the product, there are other points to consider. Such as it should also be visually appealing, and the right size of the package also needs to be considered. For a good customer experience, convenient packaging is important.
Protect Product Quality
Moisture, light, and oxygen can affect the quality of biscuit and cracker, damaging their texture and flavor. Your packaging needs to be airtight and have a good barrier property to reduce the impact of moisture, light, and oxygen on the product. You can add desiccant packets to absorb excess moisture.
Physical Protection
Biscuit and cracker breakage is a major problem in the biscuit and cracker industry, as it greatly damages the original shape of the product and makes your biscuits and crackers much less attractive. Apart from paying more attention during the production process, care should also be taken during the packaging and transportation processes. Using sturdy packaging materials, such as thick cardboard or metal, can help prevent crumbling and maintain the integrity of your biscuits and crackers. This will ensure that your delicately designed biscuits and crackers are delivered to your customers in perfect condition.
Visual Appeal
The visual appeal of packaging is an important reason for customers to buy your products. A clever design and a unique logo can make your packaging stand out. Increasing the shelf display.
Environmental Concern
Using biodegradable or easily recyclable materials will reduce the environmental impact and enhance your brand image.
Convenience
Convenient designs, such as easy-tear and stackable designs, can enhance the customer experience. Stackable designs make it easy for customers to store biscuits, making full use of space.
Biscuit and Cracker Packaging Materials Types
Plastic
Plastic is one of the most popular packaging materials for biscuits and crackers. It is practical, durable, lightweight, inexpensive and easy to mold into various shapes and sizes. It has strong barrier properties, which help protect your product from moisture, light and oxygen, and maintain the quality of your biscuits and crackers. Common plastic materials include polypropylene and polyethylene terephthalate. Common plastic packaging includes plastic pouches, plastic containers and boxes.
Paper and Cardboard
Paper and cardboard are readily biodegradable and environmentally friendly packaging materials. They are low in cost and have a certain strength, but not as much as materials such as plastic or metal. Paper and cardboard packaging may not provide a sufficient moisture barrier, so additional moisture protection may be required. Cardboard boxes can be used as secondary packaging to protect your biscuits during transport.
Metal
Metal packaging is very durable, provides good physical protection, and has excellent barrier properties, which can help keep your products fresh. Metal packaging has a high-end feel, and you can use embossed designs to increase their visual appeal.
Glass
Glass packaging like glass jars, which give a retro feel. The transparent appearance is also very attractive to people.
Biodegradable Materials
As people become more environmentally conscious, biodegradable materials made from renewable resources such as cornstarch or plant fibers are becoming increasingly popular with customers.
Biscuit and Cracker Packaging Types
Stand Up Pouch
Very suitable for shelf display, good printing effect on the package, many delicate patterns can be designed on it and can clearly display the product information. It can stand upright, with a small footprint at the bottom, so that many can be placed on the shelf. It can be highly customized, for example, with a window, a resealable design etc. It is usually made of multi-layer composite materials, including PET, aluminum foil, and PE, etc., with good barrier properties.
Gusseted Bag
Their design includes gussets, providing greater capacity and improved display effects. They also can be resealable.
Pillow Packaging
Centrally sealed, and the packaging has a pillow shape. Usually used for small portions of biscuits and crackers and is convenient for carrying.
Box Packaging
They can serve as secondary packaging. Give you extra protection for your biscuits and crackers. Or it could be primary packaging with interesting patterns printed on the surface, which is very popular with children.
Fin Seal Packaging
The top and bottom of the bag are sealed using heat, while the back utilizes vertical heat sealing to form a “fin-like” sealing structure. They are made of plastic film laminate. Suitable for small portions of biscuits and crackers. This design not only provides excellent sealing performance but also helps maintain the freshness of the product.
Slug Packaging
Crackers are neatly stacked and arranged in a “row” of a certain length in the slug packaging. In the packaging, products can be packed in plastic trays.
Biscuit and Cracker Packaging Machines
HFFS Biscuit and Cracker Flow Wrapping Machine
HFFS machines pack horizontally. Briefly describe the workflow. After the film is unwound from the roll, it is guided by the system into the packaging machine and transported to the packaging forming area. As the forming is completed, the biscuits are transported on a conveyor belt and then completely wrapped in a horizontal flow of continuous film. They are then transported to the sealing and cutting area, where they are sealed and cut into individual bags. The HFFS machine efficiently packages the biscuits without causing them to break, ensuring their integrity.
VFFS Biscuit and Cracker Packaging Machine
VFFS machine packages the biscuits and crackers in a vertical way. It has a small footprint.
Briefly describe the workflow. Film forming, longitudinal sealing. The machine takes the biscuits from the hopper and transports them to the packaging area. Then, the biscuits are wrapped in film, then sealed and cut into individual pouches.
Premade Pouch Biscuit and Cracker Packaging Machine
The Premade pouch packaging machine has a simple workflow. The grippers pick up each bag, then the inflator opens them, the biscuits are fed into the bag, and then seal the bag.
Biscuit and Cracker Cartoning Machine
This machine can be used to pack packaged biscuits into boxes for secondary packaging. The products are fed into the machine on a conveyor belt. On the other side, a stack of flat cartons is loaded and picked up one by one by grippers and mechanical gluing and sealing are applied to tuck their corners and form an open carton. The products are then pushed into the carton on the other side and the carton is then sealed.
Conclusion
High-quality biscuit packaging requires the right packaging machine. We have a wide range of packaging equipment for you to choose from. If you have any biscuit and cracker packaging needs, contact us now！
