The chances are at some point today you have used products enhanced by modified atmosphere packaging (MAP). It could have been the coffee used to make your morning latte, the sandwich or salad bought from the supermarket for lunch, or maybe the chicken breasts you cooked for dinner last night.
Billions of packages of refrigerated, frozen and shelf stable foods are sold worldwide every year that are packaged with this technology.
MAP is one of the most updated options to traditional packaging technologies and involves removing and replacing the atmospheric gases with a predetermined gas mixture to slow down the product aging process and preserve the fresh colour, taste and nutrient content throughout an extended shelf life.
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