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What is Retort pouch ?
It is a kind of pouch made by flexible laminate, can pack all kinds of food and can heat seal,  vacuum and can withstand high temperature for sterilization.

Why use sterilization ?
High temperature can kill nocuous micro-organism in the food or keep them inactive. So micro-organism will not spoil the content, and the food will have a longer shelf life.  According to FDA requirement, packed food with Ph over 4.6 must undergo a sterilization process at 121～C for 30 minutes. 

Application: Retort pouch is ideal for replacing canned food.
Typical applications include:  Meat, seafood, vegetable, rice, soup, sauce, nut, milk, fruit, juice, etc.

Advantages:
Light container(pouch), small volume. Compared with rigid can, pouch can save volume weight for transportation.
Pouches can be colorful up to 9 colors
Low cost for sterilization because of quick heat transfer. Heat is easily transferred to the content inside thus enjoy a shorter time for sterilization, and can keep better taste of the food.
Safety packing for opening.
Easy to carry, open. Apply to army, sailing, picnic.

Useful Structures:
Transparent: NY/RCPP, PET/NY/RCPP, AlOxPET/PA/RCPP, SiOxPET/PA/RCPP
Non-Transparent: PET/AL/RCPP, PET/AL/PA/RCPP

Pouch Style:
3-side flat bag, Shaped bag, Stand-up pouch. Not recommed pillow bag or side gusset bag.

Important:
We use retortable ink and adhesive such as Aromatic compounds adhesive which offer High level of heat resistance, Good initial bond strengthChemical resistance, Conforms to the composition requirements of FDA regulations