We usually associate oxygen with a healthy breath of fresh air. Yet, oxygen can be a threat to freshness and shelf life for a wide variety of consumer goods including packaged food, beverages, cosmetics and personal care products.
Oxygen absorbers expand your options “Passive” plastic oxygen barrier materials, like, PA, PVDC or EVOH can slow down oxygen permeation into a package.
Incorporated into existing package structures containing a passive barrier, Ciba® SHELFPLUS® O2 oxygen absorbers actively reduce or eliminate oxygen within the package - in the product, in the headspace, permeating through the package over time.
It is a breakthrough technology that allows shelf-stable plastic packaging of oxygen sensitive ingredients and potential for extended shelf-life. It gives new options for plastic packaging previously not feasible in meeting the increasing performance demands being placed on the package.
Ciba® SHELFPLUS® oxygen absorbers for optimum protection
Ciba® SHELFPLUS® O2 is an active scavenger that is designed to work in combination with a passive barrier for improved product protection. Ciba® SHELFPLUS® O2 is incorporated in a polyolefin layer within a multilayer packaging structure during co-extrusion or lamination to form a self-contained, oxygen-absorbent packaging system.
Ciba® SHELFPLUS® O2 can be incorporated into a wide range of plastic packaging structures for chilled or microwavable foods, retort or non-retort, with or without a modified atmosphere.
