Advantages of Packaging Mooncakes with Cotton Paper Film
1.Excellent Fresh-keeping Adaptability: Moderate air permeability balances the humidity inside the package, preventing mooncakes from mold due to stuffiness and dampness, while retaining the moist and smooth texture of Cantonese-style mooncakes and the crispy and fluffy taste of Su-style mooncakes.
2.Safety and Environmental-friendliness: Made of natural cotton fibers, it contains no chemical residues or irritating odors and complies with food contact standards. Degradable after disposal, it conforms to the trend of green packaging and enhances the brand's eco-friendly image.
3.Outstanding Gift-grade Texture: The gentle paper texture is suitable for traditional Chinese-style printing designs. Compared with plastic packaging, it presents a more elegant and high-end appearance, aligning with the festive gift attribute of mooncakes.
4.Compatibility with Automated Packaging: It has certain flexibility and tensile strength, enabling smooth completion of bag forming, sealing and cutting processes on horizontal pillow packaging machines (e.g., Weilong WW195R-M), which meets the mass production requirements.
Disadvantages of Packaging Mooncakes with Cotton Paper Film
1.Poor Water and Oil Resistance: Pure cotton paper film tends to absorb oil from mooncakes, causing the package surface to become oily and deformed. It needs to be compounded with a PE coating, which increases the cost of the film material.
2.Limited Mechanical Adaptability: Compared with plastic film, cotton paper film has lower tensile strength. Excessively high packaging machine speed or improper tension settings may lead to wrinkling and tearing, requiring precise adjustment of process parameters.
3.Insufficient Moisture Resistance: During long-term storage, cotton paper film is prone to moisture absorption and softening in high-humidity environments, which may affect the taste of mooncakes and necessitates the use of sealed outer boxes.
4.Relatively High Cost: The raw material and processing costs of food-grade cotton paper film (especially compounded types) are higher than those of ordinary plastic film, which increases the unit packaging cost of each mooncake.
