Secrets to Keep Food Fresh Longer, Proper Storage

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"Secrets to Keeping Food Ingredients Fresh Longer, Proper Storage"

Find out the best way to store food ingredients.

Dream - Plastic is often the preferred choice for storing food, especially when wanting to maintain freshness and food safety for a certain period of time. In addition to being practical, there are several benefits that can be obtained from using plastic for food storage.

Secrets to Keep Food Fresh Longer, Proper Storage

"Maintaining Freshness"

The use of plastic in food storage can help maintain the freshness of food for a longer period of time.

"Storing food in a box, if only stored in a chiller, will only last for two days. If it exceeds two days, bacteria can grow. But if stored in a freezer, it will last longer because bacteria do not grow or grow slower. In fact, some pathogenic bacteria even die."

According to Prof. Dr. Nugraha Edhi Suyatma, Lecturer and Researcher at the Department of Food Science and Technology and SEAFAST Center IPB, at the Chandra Asri Cooking Class and Plastic Packing Talk Show event, Thursday, October 4, 2023.

"Kebersihan" translates to "Cleanliness" in English.

Plastic has the property of being easily cleaned and sterilized. This is very important for maintaining the cleanliness of food stored in plastic containers. This sterility can also help prevent the growth of unwanted microbes, making the food safer to consume.

"The advantage of using plastic for food is that it is easier to organize, making the food more sterile. Because it is sterile and neat, there will be no flavor migration that occurs during storage."

said Norman Ismail, Celebrity Chef on the same occasion.

"There is no migration of taste"

One of the other advantages of storing food in plastic is the absence of taste migration during the storage process. This means that the food will retain its original taste and will not mix with the taste of other stored foods. Additionally, plastic makes it easier to organize food in the refrigerator or freezer. Sahabat Dream can pack food in small portions and easily find what is needed. This also allows for preparing a large amount of food and storing it in plastic for later use.

"Recycle"

Some plastics have specific codes that indicate the possibility of recycling. For example, number 1 on drinking bottles or number 2 on milk bottles. By choosing recyclable plastic containers, Sahabat Dream can help protect the environment by reducing plastic waste.

In line with this, the supplier of petrochemical products to various manufacturing industries in Indonesia, Chandra Asri is committed to conducting business sustainably, one of which emphasizes the importance of proper waste management, especially plastic waste. "Polypropylene, such as the one used in our food packaging, can be used multiple times and is safe for food, and safe to be put in the freezer," said Alexandra Andina, Technical Services Engineer at PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical on the same occasion.