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Technology and
Livelihood Education00
Home Economics
Cookery
Quarter 4 - Module 8
Selecting Packaging Materials

Department of Education • Republic of the Philippines

Technology and Livelihood Education Grade 10
Alternative Delivery Mode
Quarter 4 - Module 8: Selecting Packaging Materials
First Edition, 2020

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What’s New
Activity 1. “Recognize Me!”

Name the packaging material used and write your answers in your activity notebook.

1. 2. 3.
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4. 5. 6.
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7. 8. 9. 10.
_________________ _____________ _______________ ______________

What’s Is It

Food Packaging

Food packaging of food requires protection, tampering resistance, and

special physical, chemical, or biological needs. It also shows in the product label any
nutrition information like the date of expiry of the food being consumed.
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Importance of Packaging

The importance of food packaging is to keep the food in good condition until it
is sold, consumed and to encourage customers to purchase the product. Correct
packaging is very important because you need to convince the customers to buy the
product.

Functions of Food Packaging

- provide a barrier against dirt and other contaminants thus keeping the
product very clean
- prevents losses
- protect food against physical and chemical damage
- package design should provide protection and convenience in handling and
transport during selling.

Types of Packaging Materials

1. Paper - it is a cheap packaging material.

- highly absorptive, easily torn, and offers no barrier of

water or gases.

2. Leaves Banana leaves - are often used for wrapping certain

types of food like suman and cook foods of all types are
wrapped in leaves like fish sinugba.
• Corn husk – is also used to wrap corn paste (Binaki ).

They do not however protect the food against moisture,

oxygen, odors or microorganisms, and therefore, not
suitable for long term storage.

3. Aluminum - Is increasingly used for carrying due to lightness, low

cost and capacity to be recycled.

- It can be used like wrapping embutido.

4. Plastic -are extremely useful as they can be made in either soft or

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 hard forms, as sheets or containers, and with different
thickness, light resistance, and flexibility and it can be
used to pack bread, biscuits, other pastry products,
bottled water and other drinks
- the filling and sealing of plastic containers is similar to
glass containers.
- flexible films are the most common form of plastic.
* Generally, flexible have the following properties:
- cost is relatively low
- good barrier properties against moisture and gasses
- heat sealable to prevent leakage of contents
- have wet and dry strength
- little weight to the product
- fit closely to the shape of the product
5. Glass - has many properties which make it a popular choice as a
packaging material.
- glass is able to withstand heat treatments such as
pasteurization and sterilization.
- does not react with the food like to pack sardines and
other ingredients nuts and herbs and spices
- protects the food from crushing and bruising.
- resistant to moisture, gasses, odors and microorganisms
- re-usable, re-sealable and recyclable.
- transparent, allowing to be displayed.

*Disadvantages of using glass as packaging materials:

- glass is heavier than many other packaging materials
and this may lead to higher transport costs
- it is easy to fracture, scratch and break if heated or
cooled too quickly
- potentially serious hazards may arise from glass cracks
or fragments in the food.

Preparation of glass containers

• Inspection
• Washing
• Rinsing
• Sterilization
• Sealing and capping
• Cooling
6. Metal - metal cans provide total protection of the contents
- are tamperproof
- are convenient for presentation
- have a number of advantages cover the other types of

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 containers
* Disadvantages of metal food packaging materials:
- heavier than other materials, except glass, and therefore
have higher transport costs
- the heat treatment associated with the use of metal cans
is not suitable for small scale production

7. Earthenware - pots are used worldwide for storing liquids and solid
foods such as curd, yogurt, beer, dried food and honey.
- example of earthenware are corks, wooden lids, leaves,
wax, plastics sheets or combinations of these are used to
seal the pots.

8. Vegetable Fiber - these include bamboo, banana, coconut and cotton

fibers. These natural materials are converted into yam,
string or cord which will form the packaging material.
- these materials are very flexible, have some resistance
to tearing and are lightweight for handling and
transporting.
 

What’s More

Activity 2. Let’s Have Fun!!

Can you name the packaging material used? Write your answers in your activity
notebook.

1. 6.

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3. 8.

4. 9.

5. 10.

What I Have Learned

Activity 4. Write your answers in your activity notebook.

1. Define what is food packaging.

2. Why is food packaging important?
3. Give at least 3 functions of food packaging
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 4. Give the types of packaging material and give at least 1 characteristic.

What I Can Do

Activity 5. Write your answers in your activity notebook.

Direction: Find a picture of different kind of packaging material. Then cut and
paste in your activity notebook.

1. Plastic _____________________
2. Paper _____________________
3. Aluminum __________________
4. Glass ___________________
5. Earthen ware _________________

Assessment
Post-Test

Multiple Choice

Direction: Read the items very carefully. Write your answers in your activity
notebook.

1. Which of the following natural material is converted into yam, string or cord which
will form the packaging material.
a. banana leaves b. corn husk
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 c. cellophane d. vegetable fiber

2. Which of the following packaging materials are used for storing liquids and solid
foods such as beer, yogurt, dried food and honey.
a. banana leaves b. cellophane
c. Earthen pots d. vegetable fiber

3. Arrange the following steps in preparing glass containers in proper order.

a. rinsing
b. inspection and washing
c. sterilization
d. sealing and capping, cooling
a. ABCD b. BACD
c. DACB d. CADB

4. Which of the following packaging materials is not a property of plastics.

a. Cost is relatively low.
b. has wet and dry strength
c. at sealable to prevent leakage of contents
d. vegetable fiber

5. Which of the following is an art, science and technology of preparing goods for
transport and sale
a. containerization b. food packaging
c. food products d. harvesting

6. Which of the following does not belong to the group of the properties of glass.
a. protects the food from crushing and bruising.
b. resistant to moisture, gasses, odors and microorganisms
c. re-usable, re-sealable and recyclable.
d. tamperproof

7. Which of the following does not belong to the group of the properties of plastics.
a. protects the food from crushing and bruising.
b. Have wet and dry strength
c. little weight to the product
d. fit closely to the shape of the product

8. Which of the following does not belong to the group of earthen ware.
a. corks b. plastic cup
c. wooden lids d. leaves

9. All of the following are properties of metal Except one.

a. metal cans provide total protection of the contents
b. tamperproof
c. convenient for presentation
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 d. Cost is relatively low.

10. Which of the following are extremely useful as they can be made in either soft or
hard forms, as sheets or containers, with different thickness.
a. glass b. plastics
C. earthen ware d. leaves

11. Which of the following is not an example of packaging materials?

a. earthenware b. glass
c. plastics d. mixer

12. Which of the following flexible packaging is made from Wood pulp?
a. cellophane b. glass
c. metal d. paper

13. Which of the following packaging material is man made polymers of very high
molecular weight.
a. cellophane b. glass
c. metal d. paper

14. Which of the following packaging material is used for wrapping food like suman .
a. banana leaves b. glass
What’s I
c. metal d. aluminum
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15. Which of the following packaging material is used for wrapping food like corn
paste
a. bananaD leaves b. corn husk
c. cellophane
D d. paper
A
A
What’s
B More
1. ALUMINUM
2. METAL
D
3.EARTHENWARE
4. PLASTICC
5. CELLOPHANE
6. BANANAB
LEAVES D
7. PAPER C
8. PLASTICD B
Answer Key
9. GLASS
D
B WARE
10.EARTHEN
B
What's New
D D
1. CELLOPHANE A
2. ALUMINUMA
3.PLASTIC
B
B
4. BANANA LEAVES D
5.GLASS
B
D
6. EARTHENWARE
D
7. GLASS

8. PAPER B D
9. VEGETABLE FIBER 8 A
T
10. PLASTIC A
B
T
T
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Assessment

What’s In
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5. X

References
K to 12 Basic Education Curriculum- Technology and Livelihood Education
Learning Module – COOKERY 10

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https://www.indiamart.com/proddetail/paper-packaging-box-14259798191.html
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