ABSTRACT
Food packaging is essential and pervasive: essential because without packaging the safety and quality of food would be compromised, and pervasive because almost all food is packaged in some way. Food packaging performs a number of disparate tasks: it protects the food from contamination and spoilage; it makes it easier to transport and store foods; and it provides uniform measurement of contents. By allowing brands to be created and standardized, it makes advertising meaningful and large-scale distribution and mass merchandising possible. Food packages with dispensing caps, sprays, reclosable openings, and other features make products more usable and convenient.
