Packaging
New plastic containers for Spanish tuna ready meals
Monday 07. January 2008 - RPC Bebo UK Corby and RPC Barrier Containers France have provided new plastic packaging for major Spanish fish processor Salica, enabling its range of tuna-based ready meals to be heated directly in the microwave.
The range comprises tuna balls in two different sauce flavours – tomato and pepper and a Spanish sauce – which are carefully sterilised to ensure that they taste as good as fresh tuna. Previously packaged in a metal tin, Salica was keen to relaunch the range into a ready meal format that can be prepared without the consumer having to remove the contents from the packaging.
RPC Bebo UK Corby is supplying a 350ml Royal bowl, thermoformed in white PP/EVOH/PP. Fully microwaveable, the containers barrier properties also make it ideal for ambient storage for a longer shelf life without the need for refrigeration. The project was developed in close technical cooperation with RPC Barrier Containers France to ensure the successful sterilisation, filling and sealing of the products.