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Bag in box

Of or pertaining to a method of packaging liquids. Bag-in-box, or BiB, consists of bladder made of layers of metallic material inside a cardboard box used for protection and shape.

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Bag in box

water activity

Packaging; Bag in box

The measurement of free or unbound water available in a food for microbial growth. The water activity of a product also defines if the product is a high or low acid product.

viscosity

Packaging; Bag in box

The resistance to flow; the thickness of a product. High viscosity (high resistance to flow) means the product is thick and low viscosity (low resistance to flow) means the product is thin.

vertical seam filling

Packaging; Bag in box

When the seam of the bag runs vertically in the bin.

slash ‘n’ serve

Packaging; Bag in box

This is where the bag is cut and the product dumped out of the bag and into another vessel.

spout/cap

Packaging; Bag in box

The fitment combination that is on the bag.

RSC boxes

Packaging; Bag in box

Regular slotted container can be identified by their major flaps ‘meeting’ in the center of the box.

rail car

Packaging; Bag in box

When the product is loaded into a rail car of a train at the rail yard or your plant.

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