“There has been a major shift in food habits in the metropolitan cities. About 79 per cent of households prefer to have instant food due to steep rise in dual income level, standard of living and convenience,” said a survey by industry body Assocham.
The poll highlighted that 76 per cent parents, mostly both working, with children under five-years in the big cities, are serving easy-to-prepare meals at least 10–12 times per month in some form or the other.
“The consumption of packaged food is much higher in the urban areas, especially metros, where life is fast-paced, attracting lot more companies to launch new types of products and variants,” Assocham secretary general DS Rawat said.
The paper also pointed out that there is a large divide between urban, semi-urban and rural consumers. Urban areas account for 80 per cent of the demand for all packaged food.
The changing Indian lifestyle is creating a multitude of opportunities for market players, across industries. The Indian middle class, in particular, is witnessing a paradigm shift in their lifestyle and living standards. Many reasons contribute to the launch and success of ready-to-eat meals/microwaveable meals. These include the rise in the number of women in the workforce, and the resultant time-paucity, along with the increasing at-home socializing; the preference for nuclear families; preference of young professionals residing in metropolitans for academic and employment purposes; the growing acceptance of Western food; and the need for on-the-move freshly-cooked foods.
Due to cultural diversities, companies are increasingly focusing on launching regional RTE products. Another factor driving the penetration of RTE food products is their easy availability across major retail chains, hypermarkets and supermarkets in the country.
Retort Processing is the most acceptable form of food preservation. These are ready to eat food products which require just warming in a microwave oven or water bath before eating. Packaging of this food should withstand thermal processing. Retort pouch is the flexible laminated food package of light weight. It maintains the shelf-life, texture and nutritive value of the food.
For ready-to-eat food packaging, Nichrome’s Pick-Fill-Seal machine offers multiple filler options. Nichrome’s innovative packaging solutions present an advanced variant of packaging technology that enables 2 or 3 different fillers to dispense multiple types of ingredients in the same pouch. The machines conveniently pack a wide variety of ready-to-eat foods in eye-catching innovative shapes while maintaining freshness of the products.
Nichrome’s RTE food packaging machine is the preferred choice for its sheer versatility and cost-efficiency. It is the ideal machine for products such as Palak Paneer, Dal Makhani, Butter Chicken, Biryani, Gravies, Matar Paneer, Punjabi Chhole, Punjabi Kadhi, Rajma Masala, etc. Other applications include Ginger Garlic Paste, Ketchup, Sauces, Ghee, Vegetable seeds, Instant mixes, Nutraceuticals, Namkeen and even liquids such as milk, juice, lassi, oil, etc.
This Pick-Fill-Seal machine provides a cost-effective solution with multiple filler options like Visco Filler, Servo Auger Filler, Volumetric Cup Filler, Multi-Head Weighers, Indexing Type Bucket Conveyor, etc.
It also supports a variety of pouch formats such as the pre-made 3-side seal, 4-side seal, stand-up pouch, stand-up with zipper, Doy pack with side spout, or even other pouches with customized shapes. Packing material options for premade pouches includes heat sealable laminates like PET/PE, Paper/Alu-foil/PE, Alu/PF, PET/Alu-foil/PE or Co ex films.
Complementing this versatility is the machine’s sturdiness, and its easy-to-clean design. Just what you need to bite into the exciting potential of the RTE Food market in India!
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