Enhance product longevity with smarter packaging.
Add an oxygen absorber (scavenger) layer to packaging
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Increase Shelf Life
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Maintain Fresh taste
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Reduce Discoloration due to Age
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Extend Warehouse Storage Time
ZeroOx is a patented, proprietary layer that can be integrated into your packaging to increase the shelf life of oxygen-sensitive products
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Reduce food waste and increase margins by extending the shelf life of your products.
Plastic Packaging
Plastic packaging plays a vital role in the food industry due to its affordability, lightness, and strength, which help keep food fresh for longer periods. It comes in various forms, including LLDPE, LDPE, PE, PP, and PET.
ZeroOx can be seamlessly integrated into current manufacturing processes, ideally with LLDPE via coextrusion, and with PE, PP, and PET when using lamination for creating layered materials.
Current LLDPE Plastic
Oxygen can reach food if it penetrates the EVOH barrier or remains inside the containment during the packaging process, resulting in spoilage. This is shown via:
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Browning
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Emergence of foul odors.
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Development of off-flavors.
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Promotion of mold and yeast growth.
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ZeroOx Added Layer
ZeroOx, an oxygen-absorbing layer, which is seamlessly integrating into plastic film and sheet packaging.
It traps any oxygen that breaches the EVOH barrier or any oxygen that enters the packaging during the sealing process.
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Preserve Fresh Taste
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Inhibits Discoloration
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Longer warehouse storage
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Fight food waste
Plastic packaging is common for fresh foods, by incorporating ZeroOx into these films via co-extrusion & lamination processes enhances versatility.
How ZeroOx Works
ZeroOx is directly integrated into plastic film or sheet via standard production methods.
ZeroOx is made of iron powder and ferric chloride, it is uniformly distributed and attracts & absorbs oxygen
1 Gram of ZeroOx absorbers 100cc of Oxygen
ZeroOx absorbs oxygen contamination from both inside the packaging and any that has infiltrated the outer barrier layers.
Food is protected from oxygen without changing color, taste, or texture. No need to change recipes or add toxic and unnatural preservatives/chemicals.
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ZeroOx is compatible with LLDPE and most types of plastic. It can be used in films by co-extrusion and/or laminating process.
Application
ZeroOx can be seamlessly integrated into current manufacturing processes,
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Ideally with
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LDPE and LLDPE via coextrusion
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PE, PP, and PET + EVOH via lamination
7-layer LLDPE plastic film (normally 5-layer)
Easily integrated into plastic film or sheet
About Us
Our Story
Dr. Ihab Hekal, a world-renowned scientist in the plastics and packaging industry, has a remarkable career spanning over 50 years, with 43 patents to his name along with a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry.
His creations, which you've likely encountered in your daily life, range from the familiar Mini-M&M tubes to essential components of 86% of diabetes test kits. His innovations also play a crucial role in preserving the freshness of agricultural produce. Dr. Hekal's patents are seamlessly integrated into everyday items, making a significant impact on products used globally.
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During his research on oxygen absorbers, Dr. Ihab Hekal saw the need for a better solution - one that was simpler to use, needed less material, and could absorb more oxygen.
That's when he developed ZeroOx, an innovative packaging ingredient that significantly increases the shelf life of food by up to two years
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ZeroOx outperforms similar solutions, is user-friendly, and cost-effective.
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We're excited about the impact we can make to extend shelf life and fight food waste.
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Dr. Ihab Hekal
Fighting Food Waste
Combating food waste is essential for environmental, economic, social, and ethical reasons, while also promoting innovation and biodiversity.
One-third of food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted globally.
This amounts to about 1.3 billion tons per year, for a loss of approximately 1 trillion USD.
Studies show that about 50% of consumer food waste is preventable via shelf life extension.
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Environmental Impact
Wasted food equals wasted resources, contributes to greenhouse gas emissions, and pushes for deforestation.
Economic Loss
Social Responsibility
Wasting food means wasting money, and an efficient food system is financially beneficial for everyone.
Addressing food waste can help combat global hunger and foster conscious consumer habits.
Moral Obligation
It's ethically right to use food wisely when many are hungry, and it respects the efforts of those in the food production chain.