Nowadays, we often come across images of restaurants using foam boxes, plastic boxes, paper boxes, etc. to store food for customers to take home, but not everyone knows the ingredients inside foam plastic to create What should foam boxes include, do they have any health effects? And how to use it properly for health and safety. Let's go to today's post.
1. What is foam plastic?
It is mainly composed of polystyrene (PS) with about 95% air composition and the rest 5% is for PS. PS plastic, after being heated and expanded, will become a compound containing Bentan gas (C5H12), collectively known as EPS foam plastic beads, so usually items made from foam plastic such as foam boxes, foam bowls, etc. … will be quite light, used to contain and preserve cold food, with a temperature that is not too hot.
2. Advantages of foam plastic
+ Good compression resistance.
+ High strength, hard but brittle and easy to break.
+ Waterproof, not affected by external environmental agents (temperature, humidity, bacteria ...)
+ Foam has good heat insulation, soundproofing and noise insulation
+ The gas rate is as high as 98%, compared to the weight is light compared to other plastic lines.
+ Easy to shape, can be designed according to user requirements.
+ Recycleable EPS plastic
Therefore, they are commonly used in daily life, there are many products made from foam plastic. styrofoam, wall paper, etc.
3. Note when using foam plastic
Although the ingredient is plastic, which is widely used in life, this substance is quite safe for human health, because production facilities and factories can control the residues of substances in products. product, and if used correctly, it is completely harmless to the user's health.
- Firstly, consumers should use products from quality foam plastic. Because although food packaging made from EPS plastic is safe, if we use poor quality, there is still a risk of contamination. Excessive styrene, in the long run, is harmful to health.
- Second, products made from foam plastic should be used once and then thrown away, absolutely should not be used over and over again. Moreover, you also do not use them to store and preserve food for a long time.
- Third, with styrofoam boxes, only used for cold foods or below 70 degrees Celsius. Should not be used to store foods that are too hot, greasy foods, foods with high acidity.
- Finally, do not reheat food in a styrofoam container in the microwave. Because at high temperature, the amount of Monostyrene contained in foam plastic will be released and released into food, which is harmful to health.
You should only buy products made from foam plastic at reputable brands in the market. Absolutely do not use products of unknown origin, poor quality.
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Hopefully through the above article, you will have more experience to use this plastic line properly and safely to protect the health of yourself and your family.
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