RipeLock™ Packaging Technology
Smart packaging dedicated to extending shelf life and locking in produce freshness
Leveraging 20+ years of agriculture expertise, AgroFresh offers RipeLock custom packaging solutions and benefits for growers, packers, shippers, retailers, and end consumers. This value-added packaging can be used to give your produce a competitive advantage throughout the supply chain, while also providing a unique medium for your individual brand. Tailored to meet your individual crop needs, RipeLock packaging solutions can help extend shelf life naturally by altering the atmosphere and humidity within a package. Our packaging works to slow down senescence and reduce spoilage, helping you to create new value from harvest all the way to the consumer.
How RipeLock packaging can help benefit your produce
Alters the gas atmosphere concentration of oxygen and carbon dioxide to naturally extend the shelf life of your crop
Reduces the respiration rate of produce to slow down senescence and control the harmful effects of ethylene
Secure color quality of your packaged produce
Secure desired taste and texture of your packaged produce
Maintains the delicate moisture balance to reduce weight loss without surrendering to the negative effects of excess moisture accumulation
Provides an extra barrier of food safety protection on the retail shelf
Enhances shelf appeal and provides a unique branding advantage in the marketplace
Creates new opportunities for a variety of fruits and vegetables like rambutan, broccoli, melon, pomegranate, and kiwi
RipeLock packaging formats and capabilities
Available in formats as large as box liners or as small as retail pouches
Offering custom film formulations molded to fit your specific crop
Custom venting patterns using hot needle perforations, cold needle perforations, macro punches, or value-added laser micro perforations
Flexographic printing available in up to ten colors
Globally recognized and registered
AgroFresh is committed to the regulations of each country. So far, registrations have been obtained in over 70 countries worldwide. Registrations include the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the European Union*. As worldwide demand for our products and services continues to grow, AgroFresh continuously seeks new registrations.
*Always confirm that a product is approved for use on a specific crop in your territory of interest.
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