Kraft Foods Global Brands LLC

Intercontinental Great Brands LLC

Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC

Alexander D Jones

Panagiotis Kinigakis

Kenneth C Pokusa

Gary Joseph Albaum

Eric Frederickson

Yunwa Wilson Cheung

Paul Edward Doll

Ying Liang

Robert C Jones

Timothy E Coulson

Francis J Rossi

Eric J Frederickson

Robert Jones

Tim Coulson

A modified atmosphere flow-wrap system and method and components thereof are provided for packaging a food product in a reduced oxygen atmosphere in a continuous or partially-continuous process. In one aspect, the flow-wrap system includes a saturation tunnel for saturating the food products with modified gas to reduce an amount of residual oxygen therein. In another aspect, the flow-wrap system includes a flow-wrapping station with a modified gas lance that extends into film webbing used to form the food product packages to insert modified gas into the film webbing and restrict oxygen from entering the food packages.

Modified atmospheric flow-wrap system

A peelable sealing structure includes a sealing layer and one or more optional additional layers. The peelable sealing structure includes a sealing surface that is formable into a peelable seal upon contact with a sealing substrate at all temperatures in a peelable seal temperature range. Moreover, the peelable sealing structure comprises a thermoplastic polymer and an additive dispersed within at least a portion of the thermoplastic polymer with the peelable sealing structure defining the sealing surface.

Peelable composite thermoplastic sealants in packaging films

A packaging system has a peelable seal section which includes a first sealing layer and a second sealing layer such that the first sealing layer contacts the second sealing layer to form a peelable seal. The first sealing layer includes thermoplastic polymer or a blend of thermoplastic polymers, an organoclay dispersed within the thermoplastic polymer, and an additional inorganic additive component, such as calcium carbonate, dispersed within the thermoplastic polymer. The peelable seal has achieved synergistic effect and offers high thermal conductivity, great caulkability and is consistent over a broad range of sealing temperatures without loss of desired peelable seal functionality as the seals age.

Peelable sealant containing thermoplastic composite blends for packaging applications

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