Bakery Banding for Bread and Pastry
Banding is a great tool for showing off the artisanal side of the bakery industry. A loaf of bread, cake, or cracker pack gets its own individual look with a well-designed band. This promotes sales. A band can also be applied directly around a loaf of bread, thanks to an optional food-grade laminate. A band can also be printed on both sides. This offers an additional opportunity for storytelling or the history of a bakery. Or think of the description of a traditional recipe.
Why bakery banding needs a light touch
Bakery banding is the case where tension matters more than anything else. Bread, pastries, cakes and pies deform under pressure that most products would not even register, and a bundle that arrives crushed is a bundle that gets refused at the door.
The tension range goes low enough for a stack of pastry boxes and a bagged loaf, and the vacuum feed guides the band around the pack without dragging across a soft surface. A shrink film pulls inward as it cools, which is exactly the wrong force to apply to a cream cake or a filled roll.
The band also handles the shapes that a label cannot. A paper bag is not flat. A folded pastry box has no reliable surface for an adhesive to grip. A band closes the bag and carries the branding on the same strip.
Ingredients, allergens, the bake date and the barcode print onto the band during banding, so a bakery running different products through the same line changes a file rather than a roll of labels.
The same line often runs confectionery boxes and ready meal packs.
A band as label and seal
To extend freshness and shelf-life, many bakery products are packaged in primary plastic packaging. Think of flow packs, blister packs and clamshells. A band of the same type of material could provide the finishing touch as a label. Especially when it comes to effective marketing. Often, the band also serves as a seal, so the packaging remains properly closed.
Printing variable information
Within the bakery industry, it is not unusual for ingredients or product names to change. This does not have to result in throwing away outdated labels. With an optional printer, you are able to print variable information while banding. This way you achieve maximum flexibility, as it is easy to make a change or addition to the print job. After that, you can simply continue banding without wasting material. It also means that you require less packaging material in stock.
Benefits of banding bakery products
- Very fast, efficient and simple process
- Sustainable and flexible packaging
- Confirms your artisanal image
- Ideal for marketing and sealing
- Low material costs due to wafer-thin banding (35 micron is unique on the market)
- Perfect tool for promotion packaging, Shelf Ready and Retail Ready Packaging
Bakery products banded by our machines
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Two options are available:
You can either send us samples of your products or come to our office by making an appointment in advance to attend for the trial.
In case of sending samples, result would be shared with you within two working days after receiving samples (Photos, videos and even we can send packed samples if requested)
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