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Across
  1. 1. Packaging level that comes in direct contact with the food or nutraceutical product.
  2. 2. Process of combining two or more layers of different materials to improve packaging performance.
  3. 4. Test used to measure the amount of water absorbed by paper or paperboard under specified conditions.
  4. 7. Thick, relatively rigid cellulose-based material commonly used to manufacture cartons and boxes.
  5. 10. Packaging characteristic that facilitates handling, opening, storage, or use of a product.
  6. 13. Describes a package that is completely sealed to prevent the entry or exit of gases, liquids, or microorganisms.
  7. 16. Packaging level that groups or protects one or more primary packages.
  8. 18. Lightweight metal widely used for cans, foils, and flexible packaging laminates.
  9. 23. Property of packaging that restricts the movement of moisture, gases, light, or aromas.
  10. 24. Packaging technique in which air is removed from the package before sealing.
  11. 25. Packaging system in which sealed food packages are heat processed under controlled conditions to achieve commercial sterility.
  12. 27. Packaging function responsible for holding a food product securely and preventing leakage or spillage.
  13. 29. Controlled cooling process used to relieve internal stresses in manufactured glass containers.
Down
  1. 1. Plastic packaging material known for relatively high heat resistance and used in containers and films.
  2. 3. Abbreviation for the rate at which water vapour passes through a packaging material.
  3. 5. Abbreviation for the rate at which oxygen passes through a packaging material.
  4. 6. Packaging test used to determine the resistance of paper or paperboard to rupture under pressure.
  5. 8. Ability of a packaging material to allow gases, vapours, or other substances to pass through it.
  6. 9. Common plastic packaging polymer available in forms such as LDPE and HDPE.
  7. 11. Polymer that softens when heated and can generally be reshaped repeatedly.
  8. 12. Property or test measuring the force required to stretch or break a packaging material under tension.
  9. 14. Packaging function through which product information, branding, and nutritional facts are conveyed.
  10. 15. Wave-shaped paper layer in corrugated fiberboard that provides cushioning and rigidity.
  11. 17. Substance used to bond packaging layers or components together.
  12. 19. Packaging function that helps maintain product quality and extend shelf life.
  13. 20. Chemical deterioration of a metal packaging material due to reactions with its environment.
  14. 21. Process of shaping paper into flutes and combining it with linerboards to produce corrugated fiberboard.
  15. 22. Packaging function that safeguards food from physical, chemical, and biological damage.
  16. 26. Property of glass that allows the product inside the container to be visually inspected.
  17. 28. Word describing an atmosphere packaging technique in which the gas composition inside the package is deliberately changed.