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DESCRIPTION

REMARK

Description

- Bottle bought ready to be filled or to be own-manufactured for the large capacities

The supplier must be close to the packaging plant because of transport costs

Composition

- Body of the bottle made of HDPE* or PP
- Alu lid with possible plastic plug - Label stuck on the body

HDPE and PP are not permeable to air oxygen carbon dioxide; they cannot be used for long shelf-life products

Cost price for 1 litre

HDPE: 2 to 2.20 p. (25g/bottle)
PP: 2.5 to 2.8 p.
lid: 0.6
label: 0.25
TOTAL: 5.35 p to 5.85 pence

HDPE: £0.75 to £0.88/kg of granule
PP: £1 to £1.13/kg
For bottles purchased pre-formed this price doubles: (5 pences/bottle 1 l)
For a ¼ l, 1 bottle is approx. 10 gr. = 0.75 p to 1.13 p./bottle body

Shelf-life

3 to 4 weeks in a cold chain (<7° C)

Upmarket product

Volume

Most frequently 1 litre

Bottle production

Blow moulding from 400 bottles/hr for a capital cost of £75 k for the machine + £12.5 k for the mould

Recommended for a production over 8000 bottles/day

Packaging machine output

Option 1: filling machine only from 100 bottles/hr
Option 2: filling/thermosealing machine from 800 bottles/hr

Capital investment for packaging machines

Option 1: from £62.5 k
Option 2: from £6.25 k

Recommended or essential outer pack

Plastic crate
Carton

Capital cost for the whole line

From £ 37.5 k for semi-automatic line

Output 150 litres/hr of pasteurised juice

Positioning of the product on the market

- High quality products, 100% natural, sold with fresh produce in supermarkets, restaurants, hotels and communities
- Cold chain distribution required

HDPE is not transparent ("milky" appearance), it may be useful to colour it for the sale of fruit juices

Positioning in relation to the environment

Incineration or recycling possible for secondary use