filling – still products

Bag-in-a-box

Bag-in-box packaging offers many benefits to both consumers and producers.
Product is conveniently available on tap in the quantity required and can be drawn off without the remaining product spoiling through oxidation. Once opened, the product can remain in good condition for several weeks.

For producers bag-in-box has many advantages: reduced packaging costs for larger volume boxes, reduced packaging storage compared with bottles (empty bags and boxes take up very little space), reduced distribution costs (a glass bottle typically contributes about 1/3 of the packed weight) and reduced breakages during distribution.

Bag-in-box also allows smaller producers to enter the catering market and sell apple juice to schools where glass may not be permitted. Consumers may drink more product because it is conveniently to hand.

Vigo offer two Voran bag-in-box filling machines that make filling simple and accurate. The machines have built in scales to weigh product in 3, 5, 10 and 20 litre capacity bags. Once the bags have been filled to the set weight a valve automatically stops the flow.

We also offer a pneumatically operated filling machine for volumetric filling of cold products such as cider.

For details of bag-in-box packaging see packaging section.