Seafood packaging boxes can choose aluminum foil cartons.
It is a new material carton that is eco-friendly, waterproof and moisture-proof, has good heat preservation effect, low transportation cost, reusable, and custom printing.
Seafood transport boxes should have the following features:
1. Waterproof and moisture-proof, it can be used in high humidity environment for a long time.
2. The insulation effect is better, and the required temperature is guaranteed during the cold chain transportation.
3. Low transportation cost.
4. Strong, durable and reusable.
5. Meet the needs of custom printing patterns.
6. Eco-friendly material.
There are four materials for the boxes that can be supplied to the seafood market: wood, plastic, foam, and paper.
Let’s compare the advantages and disadvantages of various materials.
Wooden boxes
The wooden box is an eco-friendly material that is strong enough.
People can print Logo or other pattern by spray-painting and painting.
The advantage of the wooden box is obvious: it is strong.
The wooden box uses nails as links, and if people use thickened wood boards as materials, they can bear about 80 kg.
However, there are also many disadvantages of wooden boxes. Above we have listed some characteristics that seafood boxes need, and we can think about them one by one.
Foremost, if the wood wants to be waterproof and moisture-proof, it needs to be oiled or painted on the surface manually. But such material costs will be high.
Secondly, don’t require wood to have the ability to keep warm.
During the transportation of wooden boxes, due to the thickness of the wood, it will take up a lot of space. The transportation cost cannot be reduced, and the price performance ratio is not high.
Plastic boxes
Plastic is a material that people love to hate.
As we all know, most plastics are not environmentally friendly materials, and very few environmentally friendly plastics are very expensive.
But many people are willing to choose plastic as the shipping box material. Because the thickened plastic box is strong and durable, the sealed plastic box has good waterproof and moisture-proof ability.
Although plastic boxes have no heat preservation ability, for short-distance cold chain transportation, ice cubes or ice packs can be filled inside the box, which can also play a role in keeping seafood and fruits warm.
Of course, it is possible to print the company logo on the plastic.
Since plastic boxes can meet most of the requirements, why do many seafood markets choose other materials?
First of all, although the thickened plastic box is strong, the plastic will become very brittle in a low temperature environment. If you choose cheaper plastic for the price, the box is easy to break at low temperature.
If you go for thicker plastic, the price and weight of the case will also get you in trouble.
Second, shipping is expensive. The non-foldability of plastic leads to high transportation costs, so whether you want to purchase plastic boxes locally or choose to import them from China, the price of the boxes will be very high.
Finally, more and more countries advocate environmental protection starting from banning the use of plastics. The trend of the times leads to lower and lower market demand for plastics.
Polystyrene boxes
Compared with other materials, the advantage of foam box is obvious: better heat preservation ability.
Foam is not an eco-friendly material. But it is very common in cold chain transportation.
The insulation capacity of the foam box is very strong. In the case of adding ice cubes and ice packs in the box, it can guarantee a low temperature environment for more than 10 hours in the hot summer.
But the foam box cannot be folded, and the better the insulation capacity, the thicker the material. Transportation is not convenient.
Foam is also not a strong material, it is easy to wear and tear, suitable for short-distance transportation and express logistics.
This material does not support printing. But if necessary, you can buy some additional stickers or tapes for custom Logo.
Aluminum foil Paper boxes
When it comes to paper boxes for seafood transportation, many people think of vacuum-sealing shellfish or fish and shrimp first, and then putting them in ivory paper packaging boxes.
However, in order to increase the choice of enterprises, domestic paper packaging suppliers are also making continuous progress, so the birth of aluminum foil cartons.
Aluminum foil carton
In recent years, the demand for aluminum foil cartons has shown explosive growth.
Due to its good thermal insulation performance, aluminum foil incubators are now widely used in seafood packaging.
The advantages of aluminum foil paper boxes:
1. Aluminum foil is an eco-friendly material
Since aluminum foil is a kind of metal, aluminum foil cartons are recyclable and eco-friendly packaging.
The material properties of aluminum foil, improve the strength of the aluminum foil box, small thermal conductivity, improved thermal insulation capacity, low water absorption, small water vapor permeability coefficient, higher waterproof and moisture-proof ability.
2. Good thermal insulation
The aluminum foil seafood incubator uses vacuum aluminum film. Vacuum aluminized film is a new process of forming a composite film by plating metal aluminum foil on the surface of the substrate under vacuum conditions.
Aluminum foil has excellent folding resistance and good barrier properties. The barrier properties to temperature, water vapor, odor, light, etc. are higher than ordinary paper.
The sealing of the aluminum foil box can ensure the airtightness of the package.
In terms of the same waterproof and airtight heat preservation capabilities, aluminum foil cartons are not inferior to insulated transport boxes made of other materials on the market, and can even replace expensive foam insulated boxes for short-distance transportation.
6mm thick aluminum foil paper boxes with ice cubes and ice packs can guarantee the freshness of packaged products for 48 hours.
Moreover, HUIYOU can provide thicker carton materials, which can achieve a longer insurance time.
Nowadays, with the development of fresh cold chain transportation and logistics, aluminum foil boxes meet most of the needs of fast-transporting cold chain companies.
3. Good waterproof function
HUIYOU uses the principle of waterproofing the aluminum layer, and attaches aluminum foil to the outside or inside and outside the incubator. Created a gleaming waterproof thermal insulation paper boxes.
It makes up for the defect that the traditional carton is damaged by water or steam, and protects the original appearance of the items in the box.
4. Can be folded for transportation, reducing costs
Many customers will hesitate between aluminum foil insulated boxes and foam boxes.
Foam boxes have a good insulation effect, but take up a lot of space during transportation. And the density of the foam is much lower than that of aluminum foil, and the waterproof function is even worse.
The carton can be folded for transportation, but the insulation and waterproof effect may not meet your needs. Aluminum foil insulation carton perfectly solves these problems.
Comparing foam boxes and aluminum foil boxes of the same size, the transportation space of one foam box is equal to 14~20 aluminum foil cartons.
As a result, more aluminum foil cartons can be transported in the same space, which greatly saves transportation costs.
Aluminum foil cartons combine the advantages of foam boxes and ordinary cartons, leading a new fashion in seafood cold chain transportation packaging.
5. Custom printing to better display the corporate brand image
The color of the foam box is white only. The material of the foam box itself is unstable, and the surface is easily damaged. We cannot print patterns on the surface.
However, in addition to the color of the aluminum foil carton itself, HUIYOU can print various logos or patterns on the surface of the aluminum foil in multiple colors to enhance the company’s image and create a personalized brand.
Not only must there be distinctive products, but also distinctive packaging.
HUIYOU can customize various colors, sizes and designs according to customer needs, and provide customers with personalized seafood packaging solutions.
Types of aluminum foil boxes:
HUIYOU provides customers with three kinds of aluminum foil insulation cartons made of composite materials as options for seafood packaging and transportation.
1. Aluminum foil + kraft paper
Kraft outside, aluminum foil inside. We can print or use any other process on the outer kraft paper, and the inner aluminum foil plays the role of heat preservation.
The seafood in the box will not leak water to the outside.
The carton of this material is the most cost-effective, and buyers who pay attention to price can consider it.
2. Aluminum foil paper + coated paper
Use coated paper outside and aluminum foil inside.
Coated paper is a special surface paper that uses special glue to glue the cloth and paper together.
This kind of paper is also waterproof to a certain extent.
The surface has a special texture, and many buyers choose this surface because they think it is high-grade.We provide custom printing Logo or Pattern.
(If you want to know more about coated paper, you can continue to pay attention to HUIYOU, we will write a blog to introduce it later.)
We will use aluminum foil inside the box to keep it warm and waterproof.
The aluminum foil carton of this material is slightly more expensive, but the waterproof effect inside and outside will be better.
3. Double-sided aluminum foil paper
The inside and outside the carton are made of aluminum foil, which has the best waterproof and thermal insulation effect.
For the aluminum foil cartons of the above three materials, you can choose to add insulation materials such as pearl cotton between the paper layers to improve the insulation capacity of the box.
Through this blog, I wonder if you agree with aluminum foil as the seafood packaging box? If you have other ideas, please contact us.
