Confectionery, chocolate products packaging has three main roles, one is to protect the product should be gloss, fragrance, form and can extend shelf life; the second is to prevent microbial and dust contamination, improve product health and safety; three is a beautiful product packaging can improve the consumer's desire to buy and the value of goods. Therefore, packaging for candy, chocolate product quality, health, shelf life play an important role, good products must have exquisite and beautiful packaging. At present, the domestic candy, chocolate products packaging forms are twisted packaging, pillow packaging, folding (envelope) type packaging. Traditional twist packaging is the oldest form of packaging, this form of packaging is mostly used for candy, it can not only through modern high-speed, automated packaging machine to complete, but also can be completed by hand; pillow packaging in the international popularity of the last century 60-70 years, the domestic popularity of the 80's from the beginning to the present. Because of the popularity of pillow packaging machine, most of the candy, chocolate manufacturers are using pillow packaging, folding (envelope) type packaging, mostly used for chocolate products, candy is suitable for doing rolls, strips, packages, combined. This form of packaging equipment and packaging materials have high requirements, China's candy, chocolate products, packaging level compared with developed countries there is still a big gap, the main problem is the low level of packaging equipment, packaging materials, less variety, poor quality.
To quickly shorten the gap between domestic candy, chocolate products and developed countries, only take the road of technological innovation. And the future development trend of domestic candy, chocolate packaging will inevitably be towards the high-speed automation of the packaging machine, a machine multi-functional and packaging design features the direction of development. First of all, candy, chocolate manufacturers in the standardization of product packaging, generally need high-speed, automated packaging machine, in order to pursue economies of scale packaging cost optimization. Therefore, in recent years, packaging machine manufacturers to develop high-speed, automated candy, chocolate packaging machine for different types of products, such as for the traditional pillow packaging and some suitable for double-twisted products with twist packaging machine. In this type of packaging machine, the manufacturer used today's latest technology, such as full servo motors, photoelectric tracking, high-speed camera, etc., in order to achieve the packaging machine performance, there are 1500-2000 per minute high-speed pillow type hard candy packaging machine. High-speed chocolate pillow wrapping machine is more from the equipment and cold air packaging film matching aspects of development, in order to achieve high speed without affecting the quality of the inner chocolate products. In addition, the automatic steering, finishing, sharp stop and acceleration of the conveyor belt connected with the chocolate packaging machine are also widely used. Secondly, for non-standardized or seasonal products, the packaging machine should be flexible, characterized by lightness and compactness. Instead of speed, this type of packaging machine seeks personalized packaging and flexible adaptability. In addition, ingenious packaging design to meet the competition for goods, constantly seeking new and different, giving a strong visual impact, such as the current market bottled xylitol chewing gum, due to packaging improvements suitable for the young - generation of consumer psychology, the product is very popular.