Packaging for cake has greatly changed in our country over the past two decades. Cardboard boxes decorated with a printed pattern, which are sometimes still used, are gradually being replaced by plastic containers and trays. There is nothing surprising in this, the transparency of the polymer material allows you to better see the confectionery, because you can do this without removing the lid. In addition, cardboard packaging is not so diverse in shape and size, it was mainly made under a round cake, or go an oblong roll like "Fairy Tale".
Polymer containers are practically unlimited in their possible configuration and dimensions. They can be round, oval, square, rectangular. In general, it is possible to reflect the individuality of the proposed product or brand, creating a unique style of product design. Of course, you have to pay for originality, but such costs are one-time at the stage of manufacturing the mold.
Plastic packaging for cakes is strong enough, weighs less than cardboard, it has better impermeability and hygiene, which allows you to store the confectionery product longer. Light weight facilitates delivery of packaging to the manufacturer.
Polystyrene films, both oriented and ordinary, from which the packaging for cakes is pressed, have a thickness of 400-700 microns. At the same time, the mechanical properties of the container are ensured by a shape having stiffeners, which, in turn, make the cake maker more beautiful.
Food polystyrene (PS) is resistant to acids contained in food products, it is chemically passive, does not emit any substances into the environment, which guarantees its complete harmlessness. However, its quality is also a drawback. It does not decompose (like other used disposable containers) and gradually clogs the environment. The only way out of the situation is a well-organized system for recycling polymers.
Another advantage that plastic packaging for cakes has is low cost. The buyer of the final product pays for both the contents and the container, which means that you can please him at a lower price.
Packaging for cakes consists, as a rule, of two parts - the substrate and the cover. Sometimes they are made of plastic of different colors or the lower part is made opaque. Closing finished products is very easy.
Today, surprise no one with an ice cream cake. This is a very tasty treat, but few people think that it needs a special container. The fact is that not every polymer withstands strong cooling without losing its properties, and cardboard boxes get wet when moisture gets on them. Plastic packaging for cakes can be frost-resistant, which makes it simply indispensable in conditions of low temperatures created in freezers.
Apparently, packaging for cakes made of transparent polystyrene has a great future, because today it simply does not have an alternative.