SMART PACKAGING OF

POULTRY MEAT WITH

BARRIER COATED
PAPERBOARD
Srikar Bajjuri (20MIC0106)
Prateek Sachan (20MIC0130)

Group 13 Dhaval Vijapuri (18BEI0045)

Shayon Gupta (18BIS0154)
Rajat Sharma (18BME0910)
Prasen Narayan (20MIC0094)
 ABSTRACT
Packaging of raw poultry meat has always been
done using plastic covers and foils. These plastic
casings are non-biodegradable and harmful to the
environment. This project aims at having a
replacement for such plastic packaging materials
used for the packaging of poultry meat.

Thus, we propose our own packaging model that

provides a safe and better alternative for the
packaging of raw poultry meat at the cheapest
price possible.
 AIM

The aim of our project is to achieve a

meat packaging material that is cost
efficient, eco-friendly to the
environment and 90% biodegradable
so as to reduce the carbon emission
and save non-renewable sources of
energy.
LITERATURE REVIEW
Characteristics of Barrier Coating:

● Provide outstanding resistance to corrosive

chemicals, heat and ultraviolet light.
● Have quick drying times.
● Exhibit excellent dimensional stability, extreme
toughness and abrasion resistance.
● Provide strong adhesion to a wide range of
substrates, including glass, metals, fibres and
numerous other materials.
 CLASSIFICATION
For the various purposes in the meat industry packaging
films can be roughly divided into Single-layer films and
Multi-layer films.
★ Single-layer films
★ Multi-layer films

Types of barrier coatings

❏ Dispersion barrier
❏ Green PE coating
❏ PE coating
❏ Metallized coating
❏ PET coating
❏ PP coating
❏ Biodegradable coating
 Materials that are currently used
as barrier films
Packaging material Vapour transition rate O2 transmission rate Tensile strength Tear strength Haze%

g/m2/24hr cm3/m2/24 hr MPa g/ml

Poly vinyl chloride (PVC) 1.5-5 8.0-25 9.0-45 400-700 1.0-1.2
poly vinylidene chloride (PVdC) 0.5-1 2.0-4.0 55-110 10.0-19 1.0-5.0
polypropylene (PP) 5.0-12 2000-4500 35.8- 340- 3-
high density polyethylene(HD-PE) 7.0-10 1600-2000 38.2- 200-350 3-
low density polypropylene (LD-PE) 10.0-20 6500-8500 11.6- 100-200 5.0-10.0
linear low density polyethylene 15.5-18.5 200- 7-135 150-900 6.0-13
lonomer 25-35 6000- 24-35 20-40 N/A
Ethylene/vinyl acetate, EVAC 40-60 12500- 14-21 40-200 2.0-10
Ethylene/vinyl alcohol, EVAL 1000- 0.5- 8.0-12 400-600 1.0-2.0
Polyamide (PA) 300-400 50-75 81- 15-30 1.5-
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) 15-20 100-150 159- 20-100 2-
Polystyrene (PS) 70-150 4500-6500 45.1- 2.0-15 1-
 RECENT PACKAGING
METHODS USED IN POULTRY
INDUSTRY
● Vacuum packaging
○ Gas packaging
○ Modified atmosphere packaging
● Controlled atmosphere packaging
● Active and intelligent packaging
● Active packaging scavengers
● Active packaging indicators
● Active packaging emitters
● Biopolymers
 MATERIALS AND METHODS
● Paperboard
○ Primary materials for production of containers.
○ Thickness: 0.2–1.0 mm
○ Weight per surface area: 120 to 700 g/m2
○ Regularly utilized for packaging food and
refreshment items including juices, milk, and oat
items
● Why PaperBoard?
❖ Biodegradable
❖ Viable for mass production
❖ Low cost production
❖ Easy Procure raw materials for production
MATERIALS AND METHODS
● PET as Coating material:
○ General-purpose thermoplastic polymer
○ Known for excellent mechanical, thermal,
chemical resistance as well as
dimensional stability.
○ Available as a homopolymer, can be
modified to produce copolymers

Polyethylene terephthalate [PET-G]

ADVANTAGES OF PET
● Higher strength and stiffness than PBT.
● Very strong and lightweight, easy and efficient to transport
● Known for its good gas (oxygen, carbon dioxide) and
moisture barrier properties.
● Exhibits excellent electrical insulating properties.
● Broad range of use temperature, from -60 to 130°C.
● Higher heat distortion temperature (HDT) as compared to
PBT.
● Low gas permeability, in particularly with carbon dioxide.
● Suitable for transparent applications, when quenching
during processing.
● Doesn’t break or fracture. Practically shatter-resistant and
hence, a suitable glass-replacement in some applications.
● Recyclable and transparent to microwave radiation.
● Approved as safe for contact with foods and beverages by
the FDA, Health Canada, EFSA & other health agencies.
MANUFACTURING OF PAPERBOARD
● First step in the process is to make pulp. Pulp can be made
from either virgin fiber, which are wood chips, or from
recycled paper products.
● Wood chips (virgin fiber) are cooked using a chemical
process in essentially a pressure cooker known as a digester.
● The wood fiber is separated into cellulose fibers, lignin (the
wood glue that holds the tree together) and other
substances such as sugars.
● Cellulose is an essential building block in the cell walls of
trees and plants, helping to make them strong.
● The pulp is then washed to clean it and separate it further
from the other three components.
● After the pulp is washed, it is screened for further cleaning.
For mills using recycled materials, pulp is made by mixing
the recovered fiber with water in what resembles a large
blender called a repulper.
● In the repulper, the pulp is separated to create individual fibers in
a slurry.
● From there, the pulp is washed and screened to further separate
the fiber from other debris like dirt.
● The pulp then needs to be formed into a sheet on the paper
machine.
● At the wet end of the paper machine, the pulp flows onto a
moving endless belt with a screen to filter out water and form a
web.
● Further down the line, in the press section, the pulp, which looks
like a sheet, goes through several presses to further remove
excess water.
● At this point the web of material still must shed water, so it
passes into a dryer.
● The dryer is a large cylinder and uses steam to dry the pulp. The
wet web of pulp is pressed against the cylinder tightly to dry it
through evaporation.
● Next, it must be calendared, which means the sheet passed
between steel rollers to improve its smoothness and adjust its
thickness.
● Finally, coatings are applied to the side of the paperboard.
MANUFACTURING OF PAPERBOARD
MANUFACTURING OF PET
● PET is an aliphatic polyester. It is obtained from polycondensation
reaction of the monomers obtained either by:
○ Esterification reaction between terephthalic acid and
ethylene glycol
○ Trans-esterification reaction between ethylene glycol and
dimethyl terephthalate
● The reaction produces PET in the form of a molten, viscous mass
which can be easily spun directly to fibres or extruded or moulded
into almost any shape.
● PET is first heated up and placed in a tube-shaped mould called
a parison, which is cut into the correct length after it’s cooled.
● The parison gets heated up and placed into a box shaped mould,
with a screw top included.
● A mandrel (steel rod) is inserted into the parison to allow highly
pressurized air to enter and stretch the plastic.
● The molecules then polarize, due to the combination of stretching
and high temperature, and produce a box.
● The box is cooled quickly to avoid creep and then removed
 MANUFACTURING OF PET

PET Manufacturing Block Diagram

PET Manufacturing Process Flow

APPLYING FILM TO CONTAINER
● The paperboard is going to be thermally
compressed upon the thin plastic inner
layer of the container. Then it becomes a
single unit ready for sale in the market.
PROTOTYPE
Thank You!

Group 13
Srikar Bajjuri (20MIC0106)
Prateek Sachan (20MIC0130)
Dhaval Vijapuri (18BEI0045)
Shayon Gupta (18BIS0154)
Rajat Sharma (18BME0910)
Prasen Narayan (20MIC0094)