New opportunities: Aluminum foil catering packaging will rise!
As early as the previous plastic restriction order and related policies appeared, aluminum foil lunch boxes have gradually formed a trend, and demand is gradually expanding. In the future, aluminum foil tableware may play an important role in the disposable tableware market.
Aluminum foil lunch boxes are a widely used tableware. Its thickness is usually between 0.03mm-0.20mm, and it can be divided into two types: wrinkled and non-wrinkled. It can also be divided into two types: disposable and reusable. It is usually called tinfoil lunch box in China. In fact, it is made of 3 or 8 series aluminum ingots as raw materials, and is cold rolled or hot rolled to become aluminum foil with uniform thickness, smooth surface, no pinholes, no dust particles, and no odor. This roll is fully automatically cold stamped and formed in one time by special equipment and molds.
Compared with other materials, aluminum foil lunch boxes have the characteristics of lightness, high barrier, UV resistance, moisture resistance, corrosion resistance, and long shelf life, which can better maintain the freshness and humidity of food. In addition, aluminum foil lunch boxes have become a new choice for restaurants because of their recyclability and compliance with national food container hygiene standards.
In terms of raw materials, China is the world's largest producer of primary aluminum and aluminum foil, and China's aluminum foil production and consumption have ranked first for many consecutive years. Among them, the export value of aluminum foil in 2021 accounted for 14.8% of China's total aluminum exports. The aluminum foil industry now has a high level of manufacturing capacity, which can fully meet the growing needs of various domestic and foreign consumer markets.
The use of aluminum foil lunch boxes and containers is not only an important choice to solve the current public health and food safety, but also an important choice to promote green consumption methods and practice the concept of sustainable development.
