Packaging Candy in a New or Newer Form

摘要

Consumption of sugar-based foods must date back to the earliest wanderings of women, men, and―especially―children. Recipes for chocolate-based products were recorded during the middle of the past millennium―and probably well before since cocoa derivatives seemed to be a beverage of choice in the Halls of Montezuma when the Spaniards arrived. Some of our most powerful brands dating to the early 20th century are confectionery: for example, Life Savers, Mars, Hershey's, Nestle, and Tobler. Much of the packaging employed for products marketed under these brands are actually extensions of the very first packaging systems, e.g., vertical form/fill/seal pouches (Heide), horizontal flow wrappers, roll wraps (Life Savers), bar wraps (Hershey's and Nestle), and twist wraps for spherical sour balls. And the materials developed for packaging in the beginning were for candy: glassine (or hard-pressed paper); its distant descendant cellophane (even harder-pressed modified cellulose); and metal foil. All offered "greaseproofness" (actually fat resistance) and a hint of moisture barrier to protect primarily against finger mess.