The rise of the ready meal in the UK looks like to keep on increasing as most people love their convenience and ease of preparation.
Recent figures show that the total value of the chilled prepared food market was £10.5bn www.chilledfood.org.uk and around 88% of adults eat ready meals or ready-to-eat-meals every week.
For these kinds of foods to exist, there also needs to be packaging. But which do you choose? As experts on the subject of bulk meal prep containers, we are here to provide plenty of helpful information on our product pages, so that you will have a seamless experience however many wholesale meal prep containers, you need to purchase.
Which are the best bulk meal prep containers?
To delve a little bit further, we would also like to share with you are a number of things you need to consider when looking to buy meal prep containers wholesale UK.
The best wholesale meal prep containers are ones which are the right size for your prepared foods, and they should be made of durable material that is both freezer safe and microwave safe. The wrong type of meal prep containers can not only spoil their contents but could also be hazardous to health, as we shall explain further.
The best bulk meal prep containers will be:
Microwave-safe
This means they can be used to heat food in the microwave without any possibility that the container could melt and contaminate the contents.
Dishwasher safe
If they are to be re-used they need to be able to withstand the water temperatures of dishwashers.
Freezer safe
Meal prep containers need to be freezer safe and able to cope with very low temperatures.
Durable
They need to be robust enough to be transported and stored. Our wholesale meal prep containers are created from FDA approved polypropylene that is able to withstand both intense heat and freezing cold without breaking or cracking.
Airtight
This is essential as any air which gets into the container will cause the food to become contaminated and quickly go off.
Leak proof
The last thing you need are contains which are unable to deal with moisture as they’ll be at risk of leakage.
A search on our website for meal prep containers wholesale UK will take you to two different sizes of rectangular meal prep containers, the 100ml rectangular tub and 750ml rectangular tub, both of which are great options for meal preparation.
These are transparent containers which means the end user can easily view what is inside. If required labels can be attached to help buyers identify the contents.
Designed to conform to the highest standards of food safety and hygiene Venturepak’s meal prep containers are extremely versatile and wonderfully reliable, created to protect whatever foodstuffs they are filled with and as they are made from rigid and durable food grade polypropylene they are both robust and safe.
Are meal prep containers reusable?
All our meal prep containers are reusable. These portion control boxes are easily cleaned in a dishwasher.
Can I use any container for meal prep?
Not always. While there are many types of containers identifiable as meal prep containers wholesale UK on the market, some may not be suitable for freezing, or be microwave safe.
Are plastic meal prep containers safe?
Some plastics can contain BPA (Bisphenol A) which can leak into your food if the plastic is heated and while you’d have to come into super large quantities of BPA and other harmful plastic components to be at risk of serious health danger, it is a possibility.
Our meal prep containers are created using injection moulded polypropylene which is both high quality and food safe. Of all the commercial plastics on the market, polypropylene is considered to be one of the safest. This ensures our containers will be the best for both the transportation and storage of your product.
All our wholesale meal prep containers are tamper evident too, to not only prevent cross-contamination but give the end user the reassurance that the contents will not have been tampered with as they make their way from the manufacturer to their plate.
Finally, we are always here to help, so if you require support either before or after you have placed your order with us then please don’t hesitate to get in touch with one of our friendly and knowledgeable team members who can answer any questions you might have. Just call us on 01744 415111 or email us at sales@venturepak.co.uk. You can check out our wholesale meal prepcontainers by following the link here:
