Just heat ‘n’ eat - The Ready to Eat Trend Gains Momentum in India

Just Heat ‘n’ Eat! The Ready-to-Eat Trend Gains Momentum in India.

• Plethora of Ready-to-Eat brands jostling for attention on urban retail shelves • Market dominated by Mavalli Tiffin Room (MTR), GITS Food Products, Indian Tobacco Company (ITC), Kohinoor Foods and Priya Foods

Ready To Eat Applications

Ready-to-Eat: Obvious Reasons For Popularity RTE foods offer convenience and variety. Save time and energy – elements of great value in contemporary India with its changing lifestyle, growing urbanization, increase in nuclear families and rise in disposable income. Taste as good as home cooking. Have long shelf life. Can even be ordered online

Need for Efficient Food Packaging Machines • RTE manufacturers need quality packaging to: – Preserve the natural essence of the food – Prevent leakage and spillage – Protect the purity and flavour – Enhance shelf life – Withstand the journey from factory to the table.

READY-TO-EAT FOOD PACKAGING MACHINE

Nichrome’s HFFS Totpack Pick-Fill-Seal (PFS) machines • Combined benefits of variety, productivity and specialty packaging for ready-to-eat foods • Advanced rotary filling and sealing technology enables 2 or 3 different fillers to dispense multiple types of ingredients in the same pouch, allowing for easy mixing of ingredients, through gentle handling and without damaging the ingredients

Nichrome’s PFS Machine (Contd.)

• Conveniently & safely packs the perishable products, in a wide variety of stand-up pouch formats, which can then be subjected to retort packaging for longer shelf life.

• The high-precision PFS machine for instant food packaging is controlled through a PLC with touch-screen interface, and supports a variety of pack/pouch formats.

Nichrome’s PFS Machine (Contd.)

• Packing material for preformed pouches include heat sealable laminates like PET/PE, Paper/Alu-foil/PE, Alu/PF, PET/Alu-foil/PE or Co ex films.

• Compact footprint saves factory space • Cost-effective integrated packaging solution because it is available with multiple filler options, which can be used for the packaging of items other than RTE foods.

Nichrome’s PFS: Versatility Personified • RTE Filler: Products such as Palak Paneer, Dal Makhani, Butter Chicken, Gravies, Matar Paneer, Rajma Masala, etc.

• Linear/Gate Weigher: vegetable seed packaging • Servo Auger Filler: powders like ORS, Spice Powder, Milk Powder, Coffee, Instant Mixes, etc.

• Multi-Head Weighers: snack & namkeen packaging • Piston Fillers: viscous pastes, pickles, sauces, ghee and ketchup packaging • Cup Filler: sugar, rice, pulses, etc.

• Gravity Filler/Flow Meter: liquids like milk, lassi, oil, juices, wines, etc.

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