ST. LOUIS…Salsa has found its way from the neighborhood Mexican restaurant, where it was used as chip dip, to the center shelf in supermarkets where sales figures report that it has passed ketchup as the preferred condiment.

TricorBraun was instrumental in developing a proprietary tool set used to create a new 48-ounce PPEVOH container for San Antonio Farms that showcases this increasingly popular southwestern tomato, onion, cilantro and chili pepper specialty.

Martin Melin, TricorBraun’s packaging consultant to San Antonio Farms, said, “The container’s neck has been designed to accept a collar so it can be sold as a combo pack, if needed.”

A 63 multi-lead finish has been developed to help curb moisture from occurring between the top of the foil induction seal and the inside of the cap as it passes through the cooling tunnel.

The EVOH plastic packaging container provides an anticipated shelf life of one year for salsa and picante sauces.

“The package may be used by other manufacturers of Mexican sauces, providing they supply information to San Antonio Farms about anticipated sales and distribution channels.

“This package is logical for manufacturers of barbecue sauce and other sauces,” Mr. Melin said.

San Antonio Farms conducted business as Van De Walle Farms until 2005.  The company began as a family business in the early 1900s and evolved to a producer of Mexican sauces for private-label grocery store brands and into its own branded products.

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