Foil Container Vs Plastic Container

Are you wondering whether to choose foil container or plastic container for your food packaging?

This post will explain the pro and con of both foil container and plastic container with their applications to help you learn more on these two material containers.

Foil Container Advantages:

Foil container meet the current trend of environmental protection, it provides a healthy and environmentally friendly food packaging option for people.

The advanages of foil containers are:

• Lightweight and easy to take: Aluminum foil containers is very light and people can take it easily.
• Environmental and recyclable: Aluminum foil containers can be recycled and reused, reducing pollution.
• Good Sealing Ability: Aluminum foil containers have good sealing effect to block air and moisture and keep food in fresh status.
• Durable in high and low temperatures: Aluminum foil containers can bear high and low temperatures and suitable for storing cold drinks and hot food.
• Good thermal conductivity: When heated over the stove, aluminum foil containers can quickly conduct heat to heating food quickly. Compared with traditional plastic containers, aluminum foil containers can better maintain the temperature and humidity of food.
• Strong and durable: foil containers is made of high-strength aluminum material, it has strong pressure and impact resistance upon deformation.
• Nice Appearance: The foil containers is very beautiful and can be printed with brand logos according to the different needs. They can also be customized in different colors and shapes, so they are loved by many merchants.

Foil Container Disadvantages:

Like any product, aluminum foil containers also has some disadvantages.

• The cost of aluminum foil containers is relatively high: As foil containers made of raw material aluminum and the price of aluminium is unstable and relative higher. This lead to a high price for foil containers.
• Short service life: Because foil containers material is relatively soft, it may be damaged or deformed after repeated use.

Conclusion of foil containers pros & cons

Plastic Container Advantages

Plastic containers is made of food-grade plastic raw materials. It is mainly used for take-out food and are common household plastic products in daily life.

The advanages of plastic containers are:

• Relatively Low Cost: The raw material cost of plastic containers is relatively low, which is very cost-effective for commercial applications that require a large number of plastic containers.
• Microwaveable: Most plastic food containers can heat food directly in the microwave, it is convenient and suitable for quick heating of food.
• Good food safety: Plastic food containers are usually made of food-grade plastic materials such as PP (polypropylene) and it can be used at high temperatures.
• Durability: Plastic containers usually has excellent impact resistance and are not easy to break under heavy pressure. It can ensure long-term use for people.

Plastic Container Disadvantages

• Possible harm on human health: Harmful substances such as fluorescent powder, plasticizers, and phthalates from plastic food containers may migrate into food, it will have adverse effects on people health. Some low grade plastic containers may contain paraffin and industrial calcium carbonate during the production process. It will damage people health.
• Pollution to the environment: Plastic containers are difficult to degrade. They will cause soil pollution and the spread of harmful substances such as viruses and bacteria.
• Incineration of plastic lunch boxes produces harmful gases such as dioxins, which pollute the air. 

Conclusion of plastic containers pros & cons