Food Packaging

What is the function of food packaging?

• To protect and promote the food

• To make opening the food product hard

• To have excess material to throw in the rubbish bin

• to make the food product more exciting

Name a material used commonly for food packaging?

• Wood

• paper

• Plastic vacuum packing

• Aluminium

Name 2 types of information found on packaging?

• Name and Ingredients list

• Nutritional information and colour chart

• Telephone number of manufacturer

Who is the consumer?

• The person that sells the food

• The person that makes the food

• The person that buys the food

• The person that promotes the food

Why is the ingredients list important on packaging?

• So it will help people that have allergies make a better decision about buying

• So you can decide if it has excess ingredients in it or not

• It will help you develop an opinion on where it was made

• It will help you decide whether it is worth the money or not.

What would you consider a food product if it has more than 15g of sugar in it.

• Low

• High

• Medium

How would you package beetroot?

• Paper bag

• Cardboard box

• Modified atmospheric packaging (MAP plastic)

Why is the weight of a food product needed on labelling?

• So you know if it is enough to buy

• So you know how much to throw away

• This tells you how much money you can waste on food

• It makes the food product look more appealing

if you buy a faulty food product, can you get a refund?

• No, you should have paid more attention when you bought it.

• Yes, follow the refund policy set by the manufacturer or the place you purchased it.

• Possibly, depends on how much money you spent on it.

Name a food product that you would find the use by date on.

• Eggs

• Rice

• Pumpkin

• Flour