PET bottles that can maintain the best taste of beverages

PowerFlex bottles can maintain the best taste of tea beverages, making it fully exhibit a natural texture.

Singapore’s Cha Dao Tea Company, for its tea beverages – lemon-flavored green tea drinks named Oolong, Sencha, Chrysanthemum and Jasmine, selected a 16.9-ounce PET bottle from Amcor’s PET packaging division called PowerFlex. Not only does it show excellent packaging performance, but it also preserves the taste of this additive-free natural tea beverage.

Ghim-Sim Chua, who invented this natural tea drink, said that consumers nowadays are more and more concerned about the taste and efficacy of beverages, such as anti-aging and anti-cancer effects, so that natural tea beverages with pure taste will definitely be consumed. A healthy impression. As a result, Mr. Chua established Cha Dao Tea Company in September 2005 after accumulating numerous tea-making methods. His tea drinks all contain health characteristics - sugar-free, natural herbs and low-calorie, and he set out to make tea for the company. Drinks choose the most suitable bottle.

“From the very beginning, we really liked the PowerFlex bottle type, other bottles were flatter or softer, and PowerFlex also had a fresh feeling. Amcor's new technology is also very suitable for our hot-filling process requirements” Mr. Chua commented. In the end, Mr. Chua chose two bottles — one with a 16.9 oz. long bottleneck, a 38mm bottle design, and the other with a round bottle shoulder design. The biggest feature is the embossed logo and pattern design. The highlight of the technology lies in its patented non-planar structure technology. Nevertheless, it also has a large, smooth labeling space, and the bottle can be hot-filled at 85 c.

Previously, the side of the bottle body usually deformed to a different degree when it was cooled from hot filling to room temperature. This is because in the capping step, the liquid to be filled is cooled, and the vacuum inside the bottle body generates a pulling force. Limited the design of beverage brands. But now, PowerHexTM gives designers no worries.

Nowadays, many beverage bottles cannot be compared with PET bottles. They cannot simultaneously meet the requirements for hot filling and the aesthetics of package appearance, especially the packaging of juices and tea beverages. As a PET bottle, PowerFlex combines innovative design and production processes. As the bottled liquid begins to cool, the unique inner membrane rises from the bottom of the bottle, and the reversed cone diaphragm begins to deflect as the vacuum is pulled. Therefore, there is no longer a need for edge strips. The bottle surface is more suitable for labeling, and producers do not need to worry about label sticking or misprinting anymore. In addition, the bottle has a good thickness and geometric characteristics, avoiding the potential for deformation of the bottle body due to pressure build-up.

Mr. Chua also discovered another advantage of this kind of PET bottle - its light weight. The downstream logistics side is very concerned about whether our packaging is glass or plastic, because if it is a plastic packaging, it can guarantee a safe delivery, and if it is a glass bottle, It will double the cost of transportation. D-feedback service

Source: Modern Packaging