The packaging industry is now moving quickly to develop biodegradable polymers for food packaging, reusable drinking straws as alternatives to single-use plastic, packs to contain anaerobic products and active cardboard boxes and more recently by using by-products of the food industry. These new packaging solutions however are expected to provide the same properties as traditional packaging materials and therefore, materials testing/texture analyser instruments are a vital tool in the strive for packaging perfection.
