Long shelf life in RPC Bebo Plastik food pots

A range of traditional French recipe microwave meals by manufacturer William Saurin is offering a shelf life of up to 18 months in Next Gen food trays from RPC Bebo Plastik.

A range of traditional French recipe microwave meals by manufacturer William Saurin is offering a shelf life of up to 18 months in Next Gen food trays from RPC Bebo Plastik.

The customer wanted the packaging to resemble a cooking pot, with a handle on the top and in coloured plastic to further mimic the appearance of the traditional pots used for such meals.

Further side handles were needed to allow the consumer to heat the meal in the microwave then move it without burning their fingers. To make the bowls stackable on-shelf, RPC designers also included a recess in the base of the pot to accommodate the handle of the pack below.

RPC Bebo Plastik is producing the bowl in PP/EVOH/PP, while RPC Bramlage is producing the lid, injection moulded in PP. The project involved close cooperation between RPC’s sites at Bramlage and Bremervörde.

The lid, embossed with the William Saurin branding is applied after the retorting process and an eye-catching carton wrap then covers the product. The pack is resealable, allowing consumers to keep the contents in the refrigerator after opening.

The pots are filled in William Saurin’s Soulié Restauration production site. The range includes cassoulet à la graissed’oie, petit sale aux lentilles, poulet sauce forestière, boeuf bourguignon, potée campagnarde (cassoulet with goose fat, salt pork with lentils, chicken in mushroom sauce, beef bourguignon and rustic stew).

Source: RPC Bebo Plastik