Why You Should Opt For Glass Vial Packaging


For the longest of times—think centuries—glass bottles have been the go-to packaging options for the food and beverage industry; maintaining the quality and efficacy of its contents, protecting them from external elements.
In addition, glass packaging is the only widely used food packaging recognized as safe for consumption and storage as per the FDA.

More popular in the dairy industry, glass packaging isn’t limited to dairy products; pharmaceutical manufacturers also use glass vial packaging for medicines as well as other healthcare products.
Let’s consider a pharmaceutical manufacturer that sells life-saving medicine. After putting in countless hours of research into perfecting the chemical composition, why would it want to disregard all efforts by using lower tier packaging?
Furthermore, medicines stored in plastic packaging tend to lose their efficacy over time, since plastic contents may leech into the contents.
Let’s look at some facts.

Facts

1. Glass is one hundred percent recyclable (after proper disposal) without loss of quality or purity. Being nonporous and water-resistant, no environmental bacteria can enter glass containers and therefore affect the flavor or quality of the contents.

2. Glass does not react with of the contents inside, as glass has an almost zero rate of chemical interactions, safeguarding the quality, aroma and taste of the product.

3. Different types of glass bottles can go from the recycling bin back to the shelves as new bottles, for consumption, within 30 days.

Uses in pharmaceutical industry

The pharmaceutical industry goes for vials approved by the USP (United States Pharmacopeia). Here are the approved types:
1. Type 1: These vials have a highly resistant composition and release the least amount of alkali. They are commonly used for pharmaceutical or fine chemical products that are sensitive to PH changes. These glass vials are more tolerant to corrosion and higher temperatures; because borosilicate glass features lower pH, it offers high stability even at temperatures above 100°C and provides greater resistance against organic compounds and acids that confer Type 1 glass vials their superior performance in laboratory and pharmaceutical settings.

2. Type 2: Made from commercial soda lime glass that has been de-alkalized to obtain a great improvement in chemical resistance by treating the interior surfaces at a high temperature to eat away the alkali on or near the glass surfaces.
3. Type 3: They are made of untreated commercial soda-lime glass and have average or somewhat above average chemical resistance. It’s compatible with most items such as: food; beverages; common chemicals, etc.

If you wish to take advantage of this opportunity and understand why glass packaging is highly rated, visit Premiumvials to take a look at their extensive range of the classic Boston Round Bottles, glass vial packaging, and custom glass vials will surely remove any doubt you have over the use and quality of the product. 


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