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Fruit packaging and shipping solutions
Fresh fruit presents unique challenges in shipping and storage due to sensitivity to temperature fluctuations, ethylene production, and moisture levels. At Inter Fresh, we provide specialized fruit packaging combined with active and passive cooling solutions and integrated data monitoring systems. These maintain and track optimal conditions for various fruits, ensuring they arrive at their destination in peak condition.
Preserving fruit quality during transport
Packing fruit for transport requires precise environmental control to maintain quality and marketability.
Temperature fluctuations can trigger premature ripening, while improper moisture management can lead to either dehydration or excess condensation that promotes decay. Physical protection is also critical, as bruising and damage not only affect appearance but accelerate deterioration.
Our comprehensive fruit packaging and shipping solutions address these challenges through specialized packaging, moisture control, and temperature management strategies that work together to maintain freshness, preserve flavor, and reduce spoilage and waste throughout the supply chain.
Specialized fruit packaging solutions
Absorption pads for berries and delicate fruits
Our absorption pads are designed for moisture-sensitive products like berries and soft fruits. They keep humidity at optimal levels inside the fruit package, preventing condensation that can cause mold or decay. This helps extend shelf life while ensuring the product arrives in perfect condition.
These absorption pads can be seen in consumer packaging for strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries in supermarkets, helping maintain freshness from farm to table. The technology creates ideal microenvironments that protect the delicate structure of berries while preventing moisture damage that can quickly render these high-value fruits unsalable.
Insulated pallet covers
For large-scale shipping fresh fruit, our insulated pallet covers provide comprehensive temperature protection by enclosing entire pallets in thermal barriers. This approach isolates shipments from external temperature fluctuations, creating a consistent internal environment that protects against both heat in summer and cold in winter months.
This solution is particularly effective for exporters shipping soft fruits across climate zones or during seasonal temperature extremes. By protecting at the pallet level, the system provides efficient, cost-effective temperature management for large shipments.
Insulated boxes
For premium fruits and specialty fruit packaging, we offer the following insulation solution:
Recycled Climaliner: a flexible insulation option that can be adapted to various fruit packaging configurations.
In practice, fruit is often packed in standard cardboard boxes, with the entire pallet insulated using a pallet cover to ensure consistent temperature protection during transit.
Cooling and heating elements
Different fruits have distinct temperature requirements during fruit shipping, and environmental conditions vary throughout the year. Our cooling and heating elements address these variables to maintain optimal conditions.
- Gel packs provide effective cooling for summer shipments when heat protection is essential.
- PCM packs function like ice packs but are designed to melt at a specific temperature - for example, 15°C. This ensures a stable release of 15°C, making them ideal for maintaining consistent internal conditions for sensitive fruit varieties.
We can develop custom fruit packaging solutions for specific temperature-sensitive varieties, creating tailored systems that address the unique needs of different fruit types and shipping scenarios.
Monitoring and data logging solutions
Ensuring optimal conditions for fresh fruit doesn’t stop at the moment of packaging. It continues throughout the entire journey. Our monitoring and data logging solutions provide continuous insight into critical factors such as temperature, humidity, and transit times.
We offer integrated data loggers and wireless sensors that can be placed inside packaging, pallets, or containers to record environmental conditions in real time. We can also supply fully paper-based data loggers, which are app-based, offering a simple and accessible solution. This information can be accessed during transport or reviewed afterwards, enabling full traceability and quality verification.
By tracking and documenting the shipping environment, you can quickly identify and address any issues, comply with quality standards, and provide your customers with proof of proper handling from origin to destination.
Tailored solutions for different fruit types
Different fruits have distinct temperature and humidity requirements during transport, requiring customized approaches to protection. Berries and soft fruits represent high value, highly perishable products that require specialized absorption and careful temperature control to preserve their delicate structure and prevent moisture damage.
Tropical fruits are often temperature-sensitive varieties that may require protection from cold during winter shipping to prevent chill damage that appears as discoloration or texture changes. Stone fruits need consistent temperatures and moisture control to prevent premature ripening and maintain quality throughout shipping.
Exotic and premium fruits represent high-value shipments that justify comprehensive temperature management to ensure perfect condition upon arrival, protecting both product quality and profit margins.
Our comprehensive approach
Our approach to fruit packaging and shipping combines multiple elements to create optimal conditions for preservation and quality maintenance. Insulation provides buffering against external temperatures, creating stable environments regardless of outside conditions. Moisture management through specialized absorption prevents both dehydration and excess humidity that promotes decay.
When needed, temperature control elements and data logging devices provide active management and full visibility of conditions within fruit packaging. All elements are customized based on fruit variety, shipping duration, and expected environmental conditions along the route.
Are you looking for packaging solutions, besides fruit packaging solutions, for meat, vegetable or plants, for example? Then check out our other solutions or contact us. At Inter Fresh we are happy to help you find the best solution.
