Package design Lesson objective – to design a packaging net for a healthy option ready meal

Starter - Questions & Task 1 Name four of the most important pieces of information food packaging must have. Write these down on your to do list Can food packaging be recycled? Lesson objective – to design a packaging net for a healthy option ready meal

AfL Food labelling is needed to protect consumer health and consumer choice, and EU law lays down what information must be given on food product labels.EU Lesson objective – to design a packaging net for a healthy option ready meal Look at the can of peas below. These are the items on the label that are required by law. 1.manufacturer's name and contact details 2.name of the product 3.description of the product 4.weight (NB - some foods are exempt, for example bread) 5.ingredients (listed in descending order of weight) 6.cooking/heating instructions 7.storage instructions 8.best-before date 9.the process used for manufacture 10.In some cases ingredients that cause allergies

AfL Lesson objective – to design a packaging net for a healthy option ready meal Earth911 You can find recycling centres for Styrofoam at Earth911.com. Uses of plastic Packaging represents the largest single sector of plastics use in the UK. The sector accounts for 35% of UK plastics consumption and plastic is the material of choice in nearly half of all packaged goods. The only food packaging that cannot be recycled is card that has been contaminated by food stuffs.

Question What is a packaging net? Lesson objective – to design a packaging net for a healthy option ready meal

Look at the image of a healthy option fruit salad Task – you now need to complete the packaging net design around this, it must have  Where company brand name will be printed  What the ingredients are  Cooking/heating instructions  storage instructions  best-before date  Traffic light code  Name of product ‘Fruits in a Bag’

Designs inspiration – contemporary packaging Lesson objective – to design a packaging net for a healthy option ready meal

To do list Lesson objective – to design a packaging net for a healthy option ready meal

Fruit in the bag

Ingredients Strawberries Kiwi fruit Limes Orange Natural fruit juice Sweet syrup

AfL examination style Marks out of 20 Name of material you will use (2) Net design with perforated fold edges as well as cut edges (2) Name of product (1) List of ingredients (1) Allergy list (2) Design of fonts and lettering (3) Rendering to good effect (3) Shade and tone (1) Uniqueness of design (1) All other data listed on the pervious slide (2) Traffic light code (2)

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