All HELLAGRO S.A.΄s products comply with the requirements of the relevant Greek and European legislation on traceability and migration of substances and are safe for consumers.
In particular, materials intended for foods have the respective certificates and are subject to strict control for the absence of heavy metals and harmful chemicals.
HELLAGRO S.A.’s quality control department, following the standards with which it is certified, conducts controls on all batches of materials received, as well as for all products to be delivered.
With respect to quality assurance, HELLAGRO S.A. applies the standards ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 22000:2005 of ΤÜV AUSTRIA.
Food packaging is an integral part of everyday human life. Its evolution follows the evolution of science and technology and is shaped by the rise of living standards and the changes in people’s eating habits. The British Institute of Packaging defines packaging (process) as follows: A coordinated system of preparing goods for transportation, distribution, storage, sale and use. Under Greek Law 2939/01, packaging (medium) means “any product made of any kind of material and intended to be used for containing goods. Its aim is the protection, handling, distribution and presentation of goods from the producer to the user, or the consumer”.
THE MAIN FUNCTIONS OF FOOD PACKAGING ARE:
- The containment of the product.
- The protection of the contained product against mechanical damage (bumps, vibration, compression), environmental humidity and gases, light, great temperature variations, microbial contamination, dust, dirt and foreign materials, insects and rodents, the packaging material itself.
- To enable the procurement and use of the product by the consumer.
- Communication with the consumer.
The main food packaging materials are paper, plastic, glass, tinplate, aluminum and wood. HELLAGRO S.A. offers excellent food packaging materials primarily made of paper/cardboard and plastic.
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JUTE SACKS
Jute sacks are made from the natural yarn deriving from the jute plant. They are highly resistant sacks that allow the stored product to breathe and remain unaffected for a [...] -
VERT-BAG / VERTI-SACK
Vert-Bag/Verti-Sack combines net-film and extruded net or clf netting or xmesh to create a very impressive package. The net-film width is usually 145cm and is mainly used in packing potatoes [...] -
SILAGE BAGS
Silage packaging bags made of black and white high quality polyethylene for the airtight packaging of fish, feed, fertilizers and aggregates and resins. Printed or unprinted according to the customer needs. [...] -
BOLDUC RIBBON
Bolduc ribbons are used in simple net packaging, or in punnet netting. They may be either monochrome unprinted, or printed with a generic printing or customized. [...] -
SEWING THREAD
HELLAGRO offers excellent quality polyester sewing thread for sack sewing. Suitable for use on all machines. Available in 250gr packs for handheld machines up to 7,5kg for automatic machines. [...] -
WOVEN POLYPROPYLENE SACKS
The plastic sacks for olive harvesting (gray coloured with three red stripes) are ideal for packaging and transporting olives. Their name comes from the 3 characteristic red stripes running along [...] -
TUBULAR KNITTED NETS
The HELLAGRO tubular knitted nets are the essential material used for creating simple packages with clipping wire and wineglass labels, as well as for girsac packages with plastic film (net-film) [...] -
BEFRESH TRANSPORT FILTERS
BEfresh filters are the ideal solution for removing ethylene and other contaminants (VOCs, fungi spores, bacteria) present in the sea and road transport of fruits, vegetables and ornamental plants. These [...] -
BEFRESH SACHETS
BEfresh sachets are the perfect solution for removing ethylene and other contaminants (VOCs, fungi spores, bacteria) present in the transport and storage of fruit, vegetables and ornamental plants. These contaminants [...] -
BEFRESH MODULES
In warehouses of fruit and vegetable importers and wholesalers there are constant incoming and outgoing streams of perishable goods 365 days a year, and colonies of bacteria and pathogens tend [...] -
NET FILM / GIRFILM
HELLAGRO Νet Film/Girfilm is a heat-sealing film for use in automatic machines, creating an attractive, strong packaging (girsac, and verti-sack). It is used mainly in packing citrus fruit, potatoes, onion, [...] -
PAPER FRESH
PAPER FRESH is a brand new bag of coated paper – heat sealable on both sides -with CLF net or film window(s). • PAPER FRESH is suitable for dry to light [...] -
GRAPE GUARDS
HELLAGRO plastic grape guards (or sulfur dioxide generating sheets) appeared in the market 20 years ago and have brought a new, highly innovative development in the grape guard sector. They became [...] -
FRUIT TRAYS
HELLAGRO offers branded fruit trays suitable for safe and easy transport of fruit and vegetables. Available in a wide variety of sizes and shapes to fit different boxes and fruit [...] -
FRUIT COATINGS
The main application of coating wax is on citrus fruits, but its use is allowed on other fruit as well. The waxing of fruit in wax helps in their non-dehydration [...] -
MORE PACKAGING CHEMICALS
By “packing chemicals” we refer to a fruit detergent and a sorting line cleanser (especially from wax residues). [...] -
PUNNETS
Polyester (PET) punnets have replaced the older polystyrene (PS) and polypropylene (PP) ones. PET punnets constitute an excellent packaging for fresh fruit and vegetables, since they both protect the product and [...] -
FILM FLOW-PACK
HELLAGRO offers some of the most advanced and branded Flow-Pack films for food packaging. The range of HELLAGRO Flow-Pack films ensures that your product is preserved for the maximum time, [...]