Using an aluminum can for beverage packaging

Abstract. In recent years, there has been a noticeable change in the attitude of the modern consumer towards beverage packaging. In general, the consumer is more and more inclined to “open and drink” drinks of quick consumption and this is a global trend in the food industry, to which the aluminum can most successfully corresponds. The article presents a review of marketing research and statistical data of the modern market of packaging materials for beverages, prospects of its development. Dynamically developing alternative ways of packaging of non-traditional formats for individual single use are noted. Advantages and disadvantages of various traditional types of packaging for drinks are reflected, the main of which are: convenience for the consumer, weight, fragility, logistics, the problem of utilization of used packaging. The advantages of the aluminum can are high-lighted, such as convenience for both the beverage producer and the consumer, its lightness, maxi-mum convenient logistics, and the environmental friendliness of the can. The global experience of the second application of aluminum canning packaging in the world is described, as well as the ad-vantages of aluminum as an infinitely recyclable material. The method of aluminum can production, variants of used coatings preventing corrosion at contact of can with canned product, requirements to quality and safety of aluminum cans and coatings are presented. The problems related to the internal coating of aluminum cans, arising in the process of storage of cans with finished beverages, the issues of quality stability of which, currently remain open and requires deeper study. Keywords: beverage packaging, beverages, aluminum can, corrosion.