Done by Creators group, Karaana Independent secondary school for boys Food packaging is packaging for food. A package provides protection, tampering resistance, and special physical, chemical, or biological needs. Now lots of products are made out of plastic. A lot of it is throw away and will stay in garbage dumps of thousands of years. Biodegradable plastic, unlike normal plastic made from petroleum, will decompose and become part of the soil. This project will show how one easy way to make some biodegradable plastic that can be used in food packaging and thus become edible

1. AL-Bairaq
I am Discovering Materials
Food Packaging
CREATORS
MOHAMED ABDELALEEM
ABDURRAHMAN
RASHID SAID MOHAMED ALI

2. Outline
• Introduction
• Activity 1: Investigating food packaging (popcorn)
• Activity 2: Analyzing food packaging materials
• Activity 3: Researching food packaging materials
(hunting)
• Activity 4: Evaluating the impact of food packing on the
environment
• Activity 5: Designing a protective food packaging
• Activity 6: Comparing the insulating properties of
packaging materials
• Product Idea

4. ACTIVITY 1: INVESTIGATING FOOD PACKAGING

5. ACTIVITY 1: INVESTIGATING FOOD PACKAGING
 Results:
 Conclusion:
Popped 200
unpopped 10
Percent of unpopped popcorn=
unpopped kernels
total kernels
= =

6. Activity 2: Analyzing food packaging
materials
Category Image Materials
used in
packaging
Purpose of
packaging
Fresh Food
---
plastic Protecting
from the
heat
Staples
---
Plastic and
Cardboard
Protect food
from damage
Prepared
Food
---
Carton Keep food
temperature
Take-out
Food
---
-plastic and Containing
the heat food

7. ACTIVITY3: EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF FOOD
PACKAGING ON THE ENVIRONMENT
 Purpose: Check packaging efficiency
 Steps:

8. ACTIVITY3: EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF FOOD
PACKAGING ON THE ENVIRONMENT
 ResultMs:a terials
used
Purpose of
packaging
Mass
of
pack
aging
Mass
of
prod
uct
Pack
agin
g/pr
oduc
t
Pack
aging
prod
uct
Bottle of
water
plastic 1 14+33
0=344
14 g 330
ml
14
330
0.042
gml
Milk
Chocolate
Cardboard 2 7.2+15
0=157
.2
7.2 g 150
ml
7.2
150
0.048
gml
Potato cardboard +
Plastic
3 23.5+
40=63
.5
23.5 g 40 g 23.5
40
0.5875
gg

9. ACTIVITY 5: Designing a protective food
packaging.
 Purpose: Protect tomato
 Steps: Design different packages

10. ACTIVITY 5: Designing a protective food
packaging.
50 cm 100
cm
150
cm
200
cm
250 cm 300
cm
push
Protective
tomato
× × × × × × √
Unprotected
tomato
× √

11. ACTIVITY 6: Comparing the insulating
properties of packaging materials.
 Purpose: Design food package for good insulation
 Steps:

12. ACTIVITY 6: Comparing the insulating
properties of packaging materials.
 Results:
Prote
cted
Unpr
otect
ed
0 min 100 100
1 min 97 93
2 min 95 90
3 min 93 85
4 min 91 81
5 min 88 75
6 min 87 73
7 min 86 72
8 min 85 68
9 min 83 64
10 min 80 60
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Protected
Unprotected
time
temperature

13. Design Project
Edible Food Packaging

14. Design Project
Edible Food Packaging
 Now lots of products are made out of plastic. A lot of
it is throw away and will stay in garbage dumps of
thousands of years. Biodegradable plastic, unlike
normal plastic made from petroleum, will
decompose and become part of the soil. This project
will show how one easy way to make some
biodegradable plastic that can be used in food
packaging and thus become edible

15. Methods and Materials

16. Edible Food Packaging
Results:
1-Benefits
 Our product decrease the waste materials
protects the environment from pollution and
saves the cost of recycling
2- new application
 To be used in covering and wrapping of food

17. Edible Food Packaging
Recommendations
 we can use our product for wrapping more food
materials.
 Food factories use this product in most of their food
products instead of u sing plastic or cardoon
packaging

18. Conclusions
The module was very useful to us and we gained much
information about food packaging. AL-Bairaq
improved our personality and thinking and was a
great experience to us.

19. Acknowledgment
Many thanks to my teachers, school and AL-Bairaq team
from Center for Advanced Materials (CAM), Qatar University
for supporting us during our journey with a AL-Bairaq.
Also, I would like to thank the sponsors UNESCO, Ras Gas,
Maersk Oil and Shell.