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Agricultural Packaging Techniques Explained

This document summarizes a student group project on packaging agricultural products. It defines packaging and discusses its importance in protecting products and reducing food waste during harvesting, storage, and transportation. The group conducted an experiment comparing how different packaging methods affected the shelf life of apples over 15 days. They found that an apple wrapped in plastic film and stored in a refrigerator with styrofoam packaging maintained its weight best over the trial period. The document emphasizes how packaging selection can help deliver fresher agricultural products more cost effectively.

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Agricultural Packaging Techniques Explained

This document summarizes a student group project on packaging agricultural products. It defines packaging and discusses its importance in protecting products and reducing food waste during harvesting, storage, and transportation. The group conducted an experiment comparing how different packaging methods affected the shelf life of apples over 15 days. They found that an apple wrapped in plastic film and stored in a refrigerator with styrofoam packaging maintained its weight best over the trial period. The document emphasizes how packaging selection can help deliver fresher agricultural products more cost effectively.

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PAMPANGA STATE AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY

MAGALANG, PAMPANGA
COLLEGE OF RESOURCE ENGINEERING, AUTOMATION AND MECHANIZATION
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING

AE 33 (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS II)


MEMBERS:
LALU, RUSSEL DAVE D.
MARCELO, CARLO T.
MEJIA, ELAINE
PEREZ, JEROME B.
PEREZ, JERWIN
PURI, JON JON R.
PACKAGING
(ON AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS)
What is PACKAGING?
The technology of enclosing or
protecting products for
distribution, storage, sale, and
use. (Wikipedia)
Importance of PACKAGING:
PROTECTION
STORAGE
HYGIENIC HANDLING
“ Agricultural packaging is even more
important considering 54% of wasted
food is lost during production process,

”
post harvest treatment procedures or in
storage and transportation
- HB FULLER
Utilizing the right agricultural packaging is
crucial to delivering the freshest, best
looking and most cost-effectively shipped
products.
PRODUCE PACKAGING:
The key to finding the right solution
for your produce packaging is to look for
packaging that improves not only the
shipment and retail process but
improves upon manufacturing, cost
effective and allows for key branding.
ADVANTAGES:
 Serves as protection for the product
 Advertises the company with it’s design
 Can be designed to appeal to target market
DISADVANTAGES:
 Cost money to make
 Takes a while to be made which might slow
down the production of the product as a
whole
 Time consuming to design
LABORATORY EXPERIMENT
“Who will be the last apple standing?”
Objective:
To determine which form of
common packaging technique
will prolong the life and quality of
the chosen agricultural product.
Apple A
• Wrapped in plastic film(cling
wrap) with food styro below it.
• Placed in a dry place with an
average temperature of 31
degrees Celsius.
• Initial weight: 176 g
Apple B
• Wrapped in a plastic film(cling
wrap).
• Placed in a dry place with an
average temperature of 31
degrees Celsius.
• Initial weight: 139.2
Apple C
• No packaging.
• Placed in a dry place with an
average temperature of 31
degrees Celsius.
• Initial weight: 116.2 g
Apple D
• Wrapped in a plastic film(cling
wrap).
• Placed inside a refrigerator
with an average temperature
of 7 degrees Celsius.
• Initial weight: 114.3 g
DAY 1
DAY 5
A B C D
DAY 10
A B C D
DAY 15
A B C D

176 g 139.3 g 115.5 g 114.3 g


FINAL WEIGHT

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