Decoding FDA Compliance, High Tensile Strength, and Corona Treatment for Snack and Frozen Food Packaging
Product Overview
In the highly regulated world of food packaging, the substrate must do more than just hold a product. It must withstand extreme temperatures, provide an absolute barrier, and guarantee food safety. Lumirror P60 PET Film is the ultimate standard for these demanding requirements. As a biaxially oriented polyester film with one side corona treated, it is specifically engineered for the rigorous demands of snack, confectionery, frozen food, and retort pouch packaging.
The Core Specs: Built for Extreme Packaging
What makes Lumirror P60 the go-to standard for converters worldwide? The data sheet highlights three critical performance pillars:
- FDA Food Contact Compliance: Composed only of substances conforming to FDA specifications, it is completely safe for direct food contact, making it ideal for everyday food packaging.
- Exceptional Mechanical Strength: Even at a microscopic 12μm thickness, it delivers a massive tensile strength of 275 MPa (MD). This ensures the film can survive high-speed printing, lamination, and the physical stress of filling heavy products.
- Optimized Corona Treatment: The treated side offers a wetting tension of 53 mN/m. This guarantees flawless adhesion for printing inks, adhesives, and extrusion coatings, ensuring your brand graphics never peel or fade.
Key Applications and Conversion
Lumirror P60 is a versatile workhorse for flexible packaging:
- Retort Pouches: Capable of withstanding the high-heat sterilization process (typically 121°C to 135°C) without delaminating.
- Snack and Confectionery: Providing a strong, clear base for vibrant gravure or flexo printing.
- Frozen Foods: Maintaining structural integrity at sub-zero temperatures.
Sourcing a Reliable Alternative
While Lumirror P60 PET Film is an industry legend, procurement teams often seek a Lumirror P60 Alternative to optimize costs and secure supply chains. A successful replacement requires a manufacturer that can guarantee FDA compliance, maintain the high tensile strength at thin gauges, and ensure the corona treatment remains stable over time.
Technical Characteristics
The following values represent the typical capabilities of our equivalent Food Grade PET Film range:
- Material: Biaxially Oriented Polyethylene Terephthalate
- Thickness Range: 12 μm and 16 μm
- Tensile Strength: MD 253 to 275 MPa / TD 231 to 237 MPa
- Thermal Shrinkage at 150°C, 30min: MD 1.4% / TD 0.1% to 0.2%
- Wetting Tension (Treated Side): 53 mN/m (Corona treated)
- Certifications: RoHS, REACH, FDA compliant for food contact
Why Choose Jinlu Film as Your Supplier
Jinlu Film is a leading manufacturer of Food Grade PET Film. We offer a direct factory substitute for the Lumirror P60 series, providing the same FDA-compliant safety and high tensile strength required for retort pouches and frozen foods. Whether you need 12μm for thin laminates or 16μm for heavy-duty packaging, we offer factory-direct pricing, custom slitting, and reliable global shipping.
Contact us today for a factory quote, technical data, or a sample of Food Grade PET Film.
