Easy peel® - retortable products

Impress pioneered the use of Easy Peel® ends for retorted foods in the late 1990's. Their integrity and shelf life performance is now clearly proven and the technology is being applied to a widening range of food products, such as ready meals and fruit salads, and on different can shapes and sizes. 

Easy Peel® ends have a strong shelf presence and deliver a familiar opening system associated with fresh and chilled products. They have excellent printability for promotions and brand accentuation and embossing can be used to add additional impact to the finished product.

These ends have the lowest opening force on the market and are easily opened by all consumers, young and old alike. As well as providing the easy grip to open the end, the tab, which is being patented, has a unique design (the Tab-Fix) which holds it firmly in place during processing and handling where glue (not being resistant to immersion in hot water) would fail.

Easy Peel® ends use conventional double-seaming technology, a robust and time-honoured system which ensures product safety. They require counter-pressure retorting and only minor adjustments to existing filling and closing systems. We provide a complete technical service to facilitate the conversion from standard cans to Easy Peel®, covering filling, seaming, retorting and handling.

This is a growth area providing differentiation in the market place. Small production quantities can be produced for test marketing.
Complete a check list and email to info.easypeel@nl.imp-group.com for an evaluation of Easy Peel® applied to your products and processes: 
Technical check list

Key product uses.