Red Meat Packaging

Tray Overwrapping, Vacuum Skin, & Thermoform Solutions for Red Meat Packaging

Ossid offers a wide range of vacuum skin packaging, tray lid, and thermoform solutions for red meat packaging.

Ossid offers a comprehensive range of steak thermoform packaging and red meat packaging solutions, including vacuum skin packaging, tray lidding, and thermoforming systems. These advanced systems provide superior tray overwrapping, horizontal form fill sealing, weigh price labeling, and case scale machinery, enabling red meat processors to increase production rates while upholding safety standards and preserving product integrity.

To ensure that red meats, such as steak, ground beef, and pre-formed hamburger patties, are securely sealed to meet stringent safety requirements, Ossid delivers innovative packaging solutions tailored to the industry's needs. Applications include VSP skin-on-board packaging for steaks and premium cuts, as well as thermoform packaging for ground products and single-serve portions. These technologies ensure secure sealing, extended shelf life, and enhanced product presentation.

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Steak VSP on Board

ReeTray 30 Semi Automatic Tray Sealer - Hamburger

The ReeTray 30 is a semi-automatic tray sealing machine designed for the production needs of small to medium-sized processors and ideal for large processors testing new products in a laboratory setting. This versatile tray sealing system supports ambient, modified atmosphere packaging (MAP), and vacuum skin pack (VSP), making it suitable for a variety of applications.

Built with durable stainless steel construction, the ReeTray 30 features manual or semi-automatic drawer feed options and interchangeable tooling for fast, efficient tray size changeovers. Whether you’re packaging steaks, hamburger patties, or other red meat products, this machine ensures secure seals while preserving product integrity.

Ossid’s vacuum skin packaging tray sealing machines provide red meat processors with efficient, user-friendly, and sanitary solutions. The ReeMatic Series, a fully automatic tray sealer, offers multi-lane tray loading capabilities. Its tray transport system uses push rods to guide trays step by step along the production line, ensuring precise placement onto the defined die-set position.

With flexible options for semi-automatic and fully automatic systems, Ossid’s tray sealing machines are designed to meet the diverse demands of red meat packaging.

500Si Stretch Overwrapper - Steak

For high-speed red meat packaging, the 500Si tray overwrapper delivers tightly wrapped, case-ready packages at speeds of up to 120 packages per minute. This advanced system ensures consistent, secure packaging while offering features such as quick changeovers, compatibility with versatile tray sizes, and support for PVC stretch film. Its stainless steel construction meets rigorous sanitary and safety standards, while servo-driven technology and microprocessors minimize downtime and maintenance, ensuring maximum efficiency.

This cost-effective tuck-and-fold high-speed stretch overwrapper is ideal for space-constrained environments and is perfectly suited for automated ground meat packaging. Whether packaging steaks, ground beef, or other red meat products, the 500Si is designed to meet the demands of modern processors.

With years of expertise in the red meats industry, Ossid provides tailored packaging solutions for small, medium, and large-scale processors. By delivering efficient and versatile systems across multiple packaging formats, Ossid helps meet the unique needs of each customer, ensuring quality and reliability in every solution.

Material Considerations for Red Meat Packaging

Material selection depends on various factors, including the type of product, desired shelf life, shipping method and duration, packaging style format, and the equipment being used. Ossid’s experienced sales representatives are available to assist you in identifying the ideal packaging format tailored to your specific needs and operational requirements.

Films – PVC (or similar) for overwrap, Barrier lidding or VSP for tray seal, wide variety for HFFS, vacuum/ shrink bags for vacuum chamber

Trays – Polystyrene, Plastic, Cardboard

Red Meat Packaging Examples

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Ossid Equipment Ideal for Red Meat Packaging

Ossid is the industry leader for leak-resistant tray sealing for case-ready products, flexible packaging for healthcare, horizontal thermoform, fill and seal equipment, weigh/price labeling equipment and case scales. Catering to customers of all sizes around the world, Ossid’s packaging solutions are ideal for fresh and processed meats, produce, convenience foods, consumer goods, and medical devices. Ossid is a product brand of ProMach, a global leader in packaging line solutions. As part of the ProMach Flexibles & Trays business line, Ossid helps our packaging customers protect their reputation and grow the trust of their consumers. ProMach is performance, and the proof is in every package.