Turkey packages averaged a lighter weight in 2007 than in 2004, going from an average of 2.4 pounds in 2004 to 1.7 pounds in 2007. More facts from the 2007 study Cryovac ® leak-resistant packaging technologies help create a dryer retail poultry case. Consistently dry packages allow you to fashion a more appealing display and relieve shoppers from handling wet, sticky poultry packages. With our exceptional poultry films, trays, and bags, you can be assured you are providing strong, durable, and dry poultry packages.
Packaging for the retail poultry case is changing.
Families are busier than ever and looking for food products that are convenient and easy to use. Singles and empty nesters want portioned packaging to fit their needs. We are challenged to meet these varied lifestyles with products that enable consumers to prepare quality meals simply and easily. We offer the broadest and most distinctive options for portion packaging. Cryovac ® packaging technologies have been field-tested and proven to be the most reliable available.
Cryovac ® FC 805 bag
The Cryovac ® FC 805 whole fresh chicken bag sets a new standard in chicken packaging. Whole chickens can now assume a premium look in the poultry case.
- Designed for whole broilers weighing 3 to 5 pounds.
- This high-shrink, hermetically sealed vacuum bag creates a leak-resistant package that is tougher, more abuse resistant, and performs better overall than the traditional clipped poly bag.
- The package’s skin-tight shrink enables shoppers to see the product better and dramatically improves shelf appeal.
- By reducing leakers in the poultry case, retailers can realize considerable cost savings. View a recent retail cost analysis .
Cryovac ® SES poultry films
No more mess and clean up from leaky cut-up chicken packages thanks to the superior qualities of Cryovac ® stretch-shrink poultry films. Unique stretch-shrink properties provide definitive impulse seals that conform to the shape of the tray, producing a truly dry package.
Saddle Pack Poultry Package
This new concept for fresh chicken parts is a vacuum package that uses a unique Cryovac ® non-barrier, breathable film technology to create multiple portions in a saddle pack configuration. The material is perforated to enable consumers to easily separate portions for meal preparation and reserve remaining sections for later use. The convenience of these ready-to-store, tear-off portion packs makes this package ideal for small families as well as singles and empty nesters.
- Leak-resistant vacuum package has a premium appearance at retail and gives shoppers a clear view of the product through both sides of the film
- Saddle pack configuration provides consumers with individual portion packs without using a secondary package
- Package is freezer-ready making storage of unused chicken portions convenient and easy.
- Vacuum package eliminates freezer burn so there is no need to re-package or re-wrap the product
- Convenient easy-open seal feature available
- Non-forming top web can be printed in up to eight-colors
