Talking about the status of glass bottles in the beverage packaging market

Glass is a long history of packaging materials, glass bottles is also our traditional beverage packaging containers. In the case of a variety of packaging materials influx into the market, glass containers still occupy an important position in the beverage packaging because it has packaging characteristics that cannot be replaced by other packaging materials, but the use of glass containers has begun to drastically decrease. The main features of glass packaging containers are: non-toxic, odorless, transparent, beautiful, good barrier properties, airtight, rich in raw materials, low cost, and can be used many times for turnover. And it has the advantages of heat resistance, pressure resistance, and cleaning resistance. It can be used for high temperature sterilization and low temperature storage. Because of its many advantages, it has become the preferred material for beverages with high requirements for packaging containers, such as fruit tea and jujube juice. However, glass packaging containers also have some disadvantages: they are mainly self-propelled, easily damaged, have high transportation costs, and have poor secondary processing properties such as printing. As a result, their usage has started to drastically decrease. Today, the shelves of large-scale supermarkets are almost invisible to glass. Drinks in containers can be seen in inexpensive places such as schools, small shops, cafeterias, and small restaurants where low-cost glass bottles of carbonated drinks, soymilk, and herbal tea can be found.