Modern food packaging carton not only meets the basic requirements of packaging, but also ensures the high quality and safety of food. The future development of food packaging includes the development and improvement of food packaging system, packaging materials, sales channels, etc. The food packaging system will integrate a variety of active packaging technologies to meet the requirements of food packaging, sales, consumers and the environment.

The development of new packaging materials mainly focuses on renewable and degradable materials, improving the barrier performance of packaging containers and film materials, and developing new active materials, with the focus on active packaging materials. Now many researchers are committed to studying active packaging materials to make them have antibacterial activity. During storage and marketing, this material can release antibacterial agents to inhibit the growth of microorganisms in food. Food sales channels mainly include retail, intelligent sales and e-commerce sales.

According to the change of customer demand and the development of industry, we can foresee the future development trend of new food packaging technology. The development of packaging technology is no longer the same as that from the 1970s to the early 1990s, and there will be fundamental changes. The key points of packaging technology development include packaging materials, packaging technology (related to new food processing technology), transport packaging and electronic information combination device.