VSP accommodates differently shaped products and sharp edges, and it can skin pack with paperboard, offering more options.
While vacuum skin packaging (VSP) has been available for the past several years, the technology seems to be gaining momentum as a preferred package of choice for more premium food options. This shift toward greater acceptance is due in large part to newer films that can accommodate products of different shapes, high protrusions and sharp edges. And with the ability to skin pack with paperboard, there’s an expanded range of applications and options for VSP.
VSP originally got its foothold as a viable packaging option years ago in Europe, but even consumers there took time to embrace the new package design. VSP film encapsulates the product like a second skin, securing it tightly but free of tension and without affecting the product’s shape. The upper web (film) and the lower web (rigid film or tray) are completely sealed with each other, enclosing the product entirely.