Sunflower seed packing

Hello, in my company we have started packing sunflower seeds using MAP and the problem we have that in some of the packages during storage a vacuum forms. We u…

1. Ufuk Ayyıldız reply

   [quote "Viktorija, post:1, topic:11141"] vacuum forms [/quote] Do you mean they lose gasses? I guess some of packs can not be sealed hermetically. Do you check seals periodically?…

2. Viktorija reply

   I mean the packaging shrinks and tightens around the seeds. During packing there is maybe 5% of oxygen left in individual packages. The packages are sealed correctly, because they…

3. Ufuk Ayyıldız reply

   [quote "Viktorija, post:3, topic:11141"] I mean the packaging shrinks and tightens around the seeds [/quote] This means there is no gas in the pack. 1 hour is too late for check,…

4. Viktorija reply

   But because there forms a vacuum it means that the seals are okay

5. Ufuk Ayyıldız reply

   How do seem your packs which are OK ( MAP, with Gas ) for you? The photo you shared not a MAP package, it seems a vacuum pack.

6. Ufuk Ayyıldız reply

   [quote "Viktorija, post:5, topic:11141"] here forms a vacuum it means that the seals are okay [/quote] No, this is not true. Pack can lose gas in display, box or case ( under pres…

7. Viktorija reply

   Yes, the photo is after storage, not during packing. It shows the problem. Please see this photo, we use nitrogen in this type of packs. But if the seal would not be okay the vacu…

8. Ufuk Ayyıldız reply

   [quote "Viktorija, post:8, topic:11141"] But if the seal would not be okay the vacuum would not hold, no? [/quote] It can hold for a few weeks maybe more. Because after packaging…