Food Packaging

Inks for indirect food contact package printing


Printing inks for food packaging requires a lot of careful selection and speculation because it is a matter of high concern  when we speak of inks and colors  migrating into the food. The Food packaging labels are printed, not just to attract the attention of the consumer, but also impart important information like, weight, vendor details, expiry, contents, allergens, nutritional details, barcodes, batch coding for food traceability and many other instructions.  The common food packaging materials include, Polystyrene, Polypropylene (PP). Polyethylene ( PE), Food-Safe rigid PVC, paper, Card board, metals, High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE), Low-Density Polyethylene (LDPE) Polycarbonate (PC),Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET), PETE  etc. RUCO shows its prowess with its fully-fledged ink systems showcase for the label printing market offering  a wide gamut of ink solutions across print processes for the screen, flexo, gravure and offset printing processes.It specialises in offering unique solutions on the basis of low migration inks that are silicon free and are a base for all the inks for the flexo application in the food packaging market complying with latest testing requirements under REACH, the “Nestlé Guidance Note on Packaging Inks”, Positive List 1A of the “EuPIA Suitability List of Photoinitiators” and also meets the specifications of the Swiss EDI on Consumer Goods , regarding the external printing of food packaging. These inks meets the demands for use on the outside of food packaging and is especially suitable for combination printing with UV flexo inks.