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PVC clingfilms have many domestic uses.
They are most commanly used for wrapping foods such as sandwiches and for covering
cold foods in a container before storage in a refrigerator.
They are also used to wrap cheese, meat,cakes, etc, before prolonged storage in
a freezer, or for a lesser period in the refrigerator.
Some people also use clingfilm to cover food or food containers during cooking
or heating in a microware oven.
In Britian, it was found that some authors of cookery books recemmended
the use of clingfilm for intimate contact with food to be cooked in a
microwave or conventional oven, but this is not recemmended by
the manufactures of the film as many cause softening or even melting
of the film.
Another use of PVC is in the form of bags or casings for the packinging
of meat loaves, pre-cooked chickens, frankfurters and bacon joints.
PVC coating plasticised with a low level doz (a plasticiser used in
plastics) may also be applied to aluminium foil.
Toxics in plastics.
Welcome,
What plastic is used where.
Low density polyethylene.
Most common plastic. 90 % used as packaging film(eg. polythene bags,
sacks and bin liners, pallet wrap,shrink film).
High density polyethylene.
Bottles,crates,bottle caps and closures.
Polyethylene terephthalate( pet).
Fizzy drinks bottles, oven-ready meal trays.
Polyethylene.
Tubs for margarine and salads, bottle caps and closures,film
wrappings for biscuits and crisps,sweet wrappings,microware
trays for ready meals,clear jars for pickled onions.
Polystyrene.
Yoghurt pots, clear egg packs, bottle caps, closures,lids,
wedding cups.
Acrylonitrile buta-diene styrene(abs).
Lids,tubs for salads and margarines.
Foamed polystyrene.
Food trays, egg boxes, fresh produce cartons.
Polyvinyl chloride (pvc).
Food trays, lids:,cake and sandwich packs,: bottles for fruit squash,
cooking oil, mineral water, shrink wrap,: clingfilm.
Bindauds blog- info.
What plastic is used where.
Low density polyethylene.
Most common plastic. 90 % used as packaging film(eg. polythene bags,
sacks and bin liners, pallet wrap,shrink film).
High density polyethylene.
Bottles,crates,bottle caps and closures.
Polyethylene terephthalate( pet).
Fizzy drinks bottles, oven-ready meal trays.
Polyethylene.
Tubs for margarine and salads, bottle caps and closures,film
wrappings for biscuits and crisps,sweet wrappings,microware
trays for ready meals,clear jars for pickled onions.
Polystyrene.
Yoghurt pots, clear egg packs, bottle caps, closures,lids,
wedding cups.
Acrylonitrile buta-diene styrene(abs).
Lids,tubs for salads and margarines.
Foamed polystyrene.
Food trays, egg boxes, fresh produce cartons.
Polyvinyl chloride (pvc).
Food trays, lids:,cake and sandwich packs,: bottles for fruit squash,
cooking oil, mineral water, shrink wrap,: clingfilm.
Bindauds blog- info.
SUGAR.
How to look hidden sugar in your food.
SUGAR is a very commonly used ingredient in processed foods. The food industry likes it
because besides adding the sweet taste, it serves as preservative and many other commercial
functions, it adds value for the food procedures but not value to the food for consumers.
Look at the ingredient listing and see where sugar appears.If it is listed amongst the
top few items, it show that a lot of sugar is likely to be added. The ingredient list shows the ingredients used in a decending order.
Sugar appears in our foods with many names and in many forms.Listed below are the
different `names' for sugar:
> Glucose >Fructose > Lactose > Maltose > Invert sugar >Sucrose >Glucose syrup
> Brown sugar > Honey > Raw sugar > Molasses > Black treacle > Golden syrup
> Concentrated fruit juice sweetener > Levulose > Sorbitol > Dextrose.
How to look hidden sugar in your food.
SUGAR is a very commonly used ingredient in processed foods. The food industry likes it
because besides adding the sweet taste, it serves as preservative and many other commercial
functions, it adds value for the food procedures but not value to the food for consumers.
Look at the ingredient listing and see where sugar appears.If it is listed amongst the
top few items, it show that a lot of sugar is likely to be added. The ingredient list shows the ingredients used in a decending order.
Sugar appears in our foods with many names and in many forms.Listed below are the
different `names' for sugar:
> Glucose >Fructose > Lactose > Maltose > Invert sugar >Sucrose >Glucose syrup
> Brown sugar > Honey > Raw sugar > Molasses > Black treacle > Golden syrup
> Concentrated fruit juice sweetener > Levulose > Sorbitol > Dextrose.
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