The Challenges of Packaging for Pasta, Rice, and Grains
Packaging for rice, pasta, and grains faces complex challenges that require balancing product protection, environmental sustainability, and technical integrity.
- Seal integrity and dust: Residual rice and grain dust contaminates the sealing surfaces, weakening them.
- Balance between Fragility and Strength: Materials must be strong enough to prevent breakage but easy for consumers to open.
- Moisture and oxygen barriers: maintaining the modified atmosphere inside the package or protecting the dry product from external contaminants.
- Creases in the seal: these compromise the package’s airtightness.
- Laminated materials: The use of paper laminated to plastic or aluminum makes separation and recycling difficult.
- Substance migration: risk of chemical migration from the packaging to the product.
- Recycled paper: cannot be used in direct contact with rice and pasta due to the presence of contaminants.
- EU 2030 Regulations: By 2030, 70% of packaging must be recyclable, and plastic must contain recycled material (10–35%).
Factors we consider when designing high-quality packaging at the right price, including labels and resealable seals.
Tamma Bag
Valdigrano
Fresh Pasta Bag
OPA15+PE laminate: the customer required packaging with improved slippage for their packaging lines.
Sanfrè Rice — Restyling for Large-Scale Retail
Graphic and structural redesign for the new Riso di Sanfrè product line intended for large-scale retail.
Request: Strategic support for the brand’s entry into the mass retail sector through the comprehensive development of the packaging—both technical and visual identity—with strong shelf impact and high preservation standards.
Solution: transition from co-extruded film to a recyclable laminate of 15µm OPA + 120µm PE, fully recyclable in plastic collection. Direct printing on flexible film (instead of adhesive labels) and a new visual identity redesigned from scratch to highlight the product’s origin.
Do you have a project for your pasta, rice, or cereal line?
Contact us for a solution that ensures seal integrity, shelf life, and sustainability in compliance with PPWR regulations.