Food packaging
Approved additives for protective packaging solutions
Food packaging
Approved additives for protective packaging solutions
The compressible nature of our Expancel® Microspheres delivers high quality food packaging seals that not only you can count on, but consumers can as well
With food packaging containing Expancel® microspheres, you'll be sure to avoid moisture absorption as well as shrinkage. Plus, we're very conscious of the importance of sustainability.
Approved for use in wine corks by the US Food and Drug Administration, FDA, in paper packaging by Germany's food safety body, BfR, and in compliance with the European regulation 10/2011 for plastic packaging, we work closely with our customers to produce food packaging solutions that meet the necessary safety requirements.
The boundless potential that our microspheres contain will help you unleash a range of benefits that are fitting for modern, cutting-edge, and versatile packaging and sealing solutions for food products.
Expancel® Microspheres is an excellent additive in micro-agglomerated and synthetic wine corks
It gives you impeccable foaming control plus it's highly compressible with anti-shrink properties that are perfectly suited to keep wines preserved in bottles for years on end.
Expancel® microspheres is highly compressible and has an outstanding capacity to return to shape. Wine corks made with our microspheres are easy to insert and mold themselves to form the perfect seal. They enable micro-agglomerated cork with the ideal granule structure and resilience.
When it comes to synthetic wine corks, it's all in the foaming. Expancel® microspheres have a fine, close,d and uniform structure that promises highly controlled foaming for consistent results. This means that you can use Expancel® microspheres alone or in combination with your chemical blowing agent to achieve a cork with outstanding airtight properties.
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Expancel® is a registered trademark of Nouryon in a number of territories worldwide.