Tetra Pak carton and aseptic packaging
Envase Tetra Pak y envasado aséptico
- Date
- 1951-1963 · confidence high
- Place
- Tetra Pak, Lund, Sweden
- Credited to
- Ruben Rausing and Erik Wallenberg (tetrahedron, 1951); aseptic Tetra Brik (1963)
- People
- 👤 Erik Wallenberg1915–1999👤 Ruben Rausing1895–1983
- Field
- Life & health
What it is
Carton, plastic and aluminium packaging filled continuously and sterilised, which keeps milk and juice fresh for months without refrigeration. It changed the distribution of liquid food worldwide.
What it led to
- Long-life milk and distribution without a cold chain
- The reduction of food waste and the problem of multilayer recycling
- Global food supply chains
Built on
Made possible
- UHT milk
- packaged juices
- humanitarian aid food