Paper Pak Industries: Products: Food: UltraZap XtendaPak

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The Natural Way To Extend Freshness

Meat, Poultry and Seafood

Discerning consumers are more likely to purchase a packaged protein if the product looks, smells, and feels fresh.

Working with a team of industry experts, Paper Pak Industries has developed an innovative way to improve the appearance, marketability and safety of packaged meat, poultry and fish.

UltraZapXtendaPak is a revolutionary active absorbent pad designed to extend freshness by maintaining the protein's sensory features: color, texture and smell.

UltraZapXtendaPak reduces the bacterial growth in packaged meat, poultry and fish, thus maintaining product appearance as the product ages inside the package.

Freshness You Can See, Smell and Feel

The UltraZapXtendaPak active pad includes additives that produce carbon dioxide (CO2), an inert gas known to have bacteriostatic properties. Moisture from the packaged protein is absorbed by the UltraZapXtendaPak cellulose pad, which then produces a steady stream of CO2 gas inside the package.

CO2 gas "wraps" itself around the protein creating an envelope that helps retard the growth of spoilage bacteria present on the surface of the meat. Plus, a second anti-microbial ingredient reduces the bacteria growth inside the cellulose pad and in the purge.

A reduction of bacterial growth slows the natural decay process of packaged proteins allowing the product to extend freshness by maintaining better color, smell and feel.

Even in a non-barrier package, UltraZapXtendaPak active pads combine the generation of CO2 gas with reduced bacterial growth to produce a beneficial organoleptic effect – meat, poultry and fish maintain better color, smell and feel through the sell-by date.

To receive an UltraZapXtendaPak product sample, contact our Vice-President, Sales & Marketing John Terrien directly via email at .

Measurable Benefits Are In-Store

Meat departments will realize immediate benefits by using the innovative UltraZapXtendaPak absorbent pad in-store:

Significantly fewer markdowns, rewraps, and discards improve department margins and reduce labor and per unit packaging costs
Drastically reduces product out-of-stocks, leading to more sales
Product is fresher at the sell by date
Reduces surface bacteria and any offensive odors
Product will have less purge and stay fresher longer
Allows for improved product variety and selection
Improves food safety in the store and at home
Reduces the risk of in-store cross contamination and related retailer liability
Improved customer satisfaction
Retailer can extend use-by or freeze-by dates
Extended home storage shelf life

An Innovative Active Pad That Works In-Store

Patented and patents pending, the UltraZapXtendaPak absorbent pad includes the features that the leading processors and retailers prefer:

Our patented UltraZap® pouch pad is sealed on all four sides and features a highly creped cellulose absorbent core that locks in moisture
UltraZap's layered cellulose effectively wicks purge inside the pad, unlike fluff pads that do not fully wick purge and tend to allow fluff particles to burst out
Available in a variety of sizes, colors and absorbencies
"Active" ingredients comply with government food packaging safety standards

Fresh Cut Produce

The United States Department of Agriculture reports that annual per capita consumption of fresh tomatoes is nearly 90 pounds.¹ The demand for high quality, fresh tomatoes continues to rise, particularly in out-of-home foodservice locations.

As a delicate, perishable vegetable, fresh cut tomatoes must be packaged in a protective environment. Paper Pak Industries has developed an innovative way to improve the safety, appearance and shelf life of fresh cut tomatoes used by restaurants, hotels, hospitals, schools and other foodservice outlets.

UltraZapXtendaPak is a revolutionary active absorbent pad designed to maintain the tomatoes' sensory features – smell, color, and texture – and extend the shelf life by slowing the product's respiration rate.

The patented cellulose UltraZap XtendaPak pad, packed with super absorbent polymers, effectively wicks juice away from cut tomatoes while generating CO2 gas to reduce the growth of micro-organisms inside the package.

Even in a non-barrier package, UltraZapXtendaPak active pads generate CO2 gas to slow the respiration rate, thus lowering bacteria, yeast and mold growth and extending the product shelf life.

Tomato processors will realize immediate benefits by using the innovative UltraZapXtendaPak absorbent pad:

Significantly less shrink will improve margins and reduce packaging costs
Extends product shelf life
Product is fresher through the use-by date
Reduces yeast and mold inside the package
Interferes with the ethylene receptors
Reduces the risk of cross contamination and related operator liability
Works with standard half or quarter steam trays

To receive an UltraZapXtendaPak product sample, contact our Vice-President, Sales & Marketing John Terrien directly via email at .

1. Source: USDA Economic Research Service

Recommended Applications

Retail Grocery

"UltraZapXtendaPak has innovatively applied modern principles of active packaging to generate synergistic natural antimicrobial effects in pads that constitute an integral component of in-store packages to help retard adverse microbiological changes in fresh meat or poultry.

By incorporating the natural preservative effects of carbon dioxide into packaging, Paper Pak Industries is offering a remarkable breakthrough in fresh meat and poultry packaging for supermarket operators."