Advantages and disadvantages
The advantages of MAP packaging include:
The disadvantages of MAP packaging include:
- MAP packages increase the shelf life of meat from 3 to 21 days, cheese from 7 to 180 days, and fresh pasta from 3 to 60 days.
- For food producers, shelf life extension often lowers the cost of a product by reducing spoilage, as well as providing long-distance export options.
- For growers and consumers, it can extend the seasons of certain fruits and vegetables.
- Because MAP packaging enables processors to extend shelf life without using chemicals, it is also ideal for the packaging of organic produce.
The disadvantages of MAP packaging include:
- Although MAP limits the growth of spoilage microbes, it does not slow the growth of some harmful bacteria. For this reason, MAP is usually used in conjunction with other preservation techniques such as refrigeration.
- Once these food packages are open, the food has a normal shelf life.
Shelf life extension often lowers the cost of a product by reducing spoilage, as well as providing long-distance export options
Enables processors to extend shelf life without using chemicals, and is also ideal for the packaging of organic produce
MAP does not slow the growth of some harmful bacteria, and therefore, is usually used in conjunction with other preservation techniques such as refrigeration