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