What is stainless steel? What are its advantages and disadvantages for food packaging and other materials in contact with food?
Stainless steel is a durable and highly inert material widely used in food contact articles. Thanks to its fixed chemical structure and simple set of ingredients, it does not react with food or beverages, making it a chemically safe option for bottles, containers, cookware, and processing equipment.
Although heavier and more resource-intensive to produce compared to materials like plastic or paper, stainless steel has material properties that allow it to be reused and recycled indefinitely.
