Plascon Packaging Partners With Cryovac To Offer Cook-Chill Bags To Food Service Industry

A strategic partnership between Plascon Packaging and Cryovac is promoting the use of Cook-Chill throughout the foodservice industry. Cryovac invented cook-chill and has the most technically advanced and durable films available for the process. They recognized that many foodservice locations lacked the automated equipment needed to use roll stock to make Cook-Chill packaging. These customers required sealed or clipped bags to benefit from the Cook-Chill process. Cryovac chose Plascon Packaging as the exclusive supplier of Cook-Chill bags made with Cryovac films.

Del Bourassa, manager with Plascon Packaging, discussed the cook-chill process advantages including:

• Improved taste, texture and flavor of dishes
• Longer shelf life
• Bulk production uses less labor and energy
• Shorter plating time
• Product consistency across time and location
• Increased food safety
• Decreased labor costs (less skilled labor needed for final prep)

The industry sectors that most benefit from this arrangement between Cryovac and Plascon Packaging include:

• Restaurants
• Casino/Resorts
• Food Processors
• Institutional Foodservice (such as schools, hospitals and correctional institutions)
• Catering
• Gourmet Deli/Grocery Store Ready to Eat Meals
• Bag-in-Box packaging for retail distribution

"These organizations need to produce large quantities of consistent 'just made fresh' foods with an extended shelf life while also achieving a reduction in food and labor costs and practicing safe food handling," said Bourassa. "The Cook-Chill System from Cryovac and Plascon Packaging is a major advance in prepared foods technology that ensures consistent quality in every batch, at every location, while reducing labor required for preparation and serving. No other system now on the market can provide such a high degree of quality and fresh cooked taste."

Plascon Packaging in partnership with Cryovac Sealed Air Corporation provides cook-chill bags, closures, equipment and accessories.

SOURCE: Plascon Packaging and Cryovac