EP0785893B1 - Behälter für ein anetholhaltiges getränk - Google Patents

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EP0785893B1
EP0785893B1 EP96929352A EP96929352A EP0785893B1 EP 0785893 B1 EP0785893 B1 EP 0785893B1 EP 96929352 A EP96929352 A EP 96929352A EP 96929352 A EP96929352 A EP 96929352A EP 0785893 B1 EP0785893 B1 EP 0785893B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D1/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous material, by throwing ceramic material, by moulding pulped fibrous material, by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
    • B65D1/02—Bottles or similar containers with necks or like restricted apertures, designed for pouring contents
    • B65D1/0207—Bottles or similar containers with necks or like restricted apertures, designed for pouring contents characterised by material, e.g. composition, physical features
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  • the present invention relates to a new packaging containing an aqueous alcoholic drink or not containing anethole.
  • It also relates to a method intended to limit the loss of anethole contained in an optionally alcoholic solution in contact with the wall of a packaging made of polymer material as well as the use of a polymer film for the production of a packaging in contact with possibly alcoholic anethole solutions in order to limit the loss of anethole in contact with the packaging wall.
  • Anise drinks contain anethole or para propenyl methoxy benzene, in majority trans form (greater than 96-97%).
  • Anethole has the distinction of being very sparingly soluble in water ( ⁇ 50 mg / l) and soluble in alcohol. In the presence of water, the anethole becomes cloudy, so than in a water / alcohol solution with a high alcohol content (around 45% by volume), the anethole remains in the solubilized state.
  • an emulsifier is used because the anethole is no longer soluble.
  • Anethole has a low coefficient of solubility in water but a high solubility coefficient in polymers. This phenomenon is all the more important for drinks with little or no alcohol. This induces significant electrostatic interaction with the polymer surface and adsorption of anethole thereon.
  • the affinity of anethole for polymers is such that there is an absorption phenomenon, by insertion of this compound between the polymer chains. It is therefore a dynamic phenomenon adsorption / absorption.
  • Anethole also reveals a strong propensity to polymerize in polyanethole.
  • This cationic type polymerization is favored by the very electron-donating character of the methoxy group. This phenomenon occurs produced in particular in the case of polymers derived from styrene, from anhydride maleic or acrylonitrile commonly used as packaging for beverages. This is due to the fact that anethole reacts with the molecular chains of these polymers.
  • anethole can also react with monomers residual given the well known copolymerization reaction with styrene (T. Higashimura et al, Journal of Polymer Science: part A.1, vol.10,85-93 (1972)) or terpolymerization with maleic anhydride and acrylic monomers such as acrylonitrile (T. Kobuko et al, Macromolecules, vol.3, n ° 5, Sept-Oct. 1970,518-523).
  • the invention firstly relates to a packaging for an optionally alcoholic drink comprising anethole, characterized in that the inner layer of said packaging is formed of a polyamide film comprising aromatic units.
  • Packaging means any single-layer packaging or multilayer, capable of containing said drink, whether in the form bottle, box or other equivalent closed systems, including bottles and pockets.
  • the packaging was particularly interesting in the case of non-alcoholic or low-alcoholic drinks whose content alcohol is preferably less than 10% by volume, preferably between 3 and 9%.
  • the aqueous alcoholic drink comprises from 0.01 to 2 g / l of anethole, preferably 0.02 g / l or more of anethole.
  • the anethole concentration is around 2 g / l.
  • ready-to-drink alcoholic beverages it is around 200 to 400 mg / l.
  • anise flavored drinks it is in the range of 10 to 50 mg / l.
  • the polyamide film is such that the water absorption measured according to ATSM D570 is less than 8% and the water uptake measured according to ASTM D570 is less than 5%.
  • the polyamide film is such that the oxygen permeation rate (cc-20 ⁇ / m 2 day. Atm) at 20 ° C. and at 0% RH is less than 4.
  • polyamide polymers are obtained by polycondensation of a dialcohol with a diamine, one of the monomers being aromatic.
  • the polyamide polymers are obtained by polycondensation of an aliphatic dialcohol with an aromatic C 6 diamine (phenyl).
  • polyamide polymers suitable in the context of present invention advantageously may be cited those obtained by polycondensation of meta-xylylenediamine with adipic acid such as Nylon-MXD6 sold by the company SOLVAY or SELAR® PA marketed by the company DU PONT DE NEMOURS.
  • vis-à-vis anethole polyamide films with aromatic units must have a sufficient impermeability to carbon dioxide. They must also have sufficient tear strength and modulus of elasticity for the application considered, whether it is the actual packaging said, the sealing means or the seal, monolayer or multilayer.
  • the thickness of the polyamide film is between 10 and 100 micrometers, generally between 20 and 80 micrometers and advantageously of the order of 50 micrometers.
  • the invention relates in particular to a two-layer packaging comprising an outer structural layer and an inner film formed from a polyamide film comprising aromatic units.
  • external structure layer is meant a material with sufficient tear resistance in the context of the use considered, polymer, metal or canon in particular.
  • the outer layer will have rigidity sufficient for bottle shaping and will be chosen advantageously in the group consisting of polyesters such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET) or polyolefins such as polypropylene (PP) or polyethylene (PE).
  • PET polyethylene terephthalate
  • PP polypropylene
  • PE polyethylene
  • the coextrusion is carried out polyamide film with the associated layer or layers in temperature and pressure conditions well known in the art. Extrusion temperatures are usually between 200 and 320 ° C.
  • the co-extrusion operation can be followed by a bi-axial orientation.
  • the packaging is in the form of a tri-layer material obtained by co-extrusion comprising a layer intermediate of a binder ensuring cohesion between the inner layer and the outer layer.
  • the different thicknesses of the layers constituting such a material are generally between the following intervals (in ⁇ m).
  • the outer layer generally has a thickness comprised between 200 and 600 ⁇ m but can go down to 50 ⁇ m for films and go up to 1 mm or more for large packages (drums, etc.).
  • the invention also relates to a means for sealing said packages provided with an internal film formed from a film polyamide comprising aromatic units applied on said packages.
  • the sealing means is a multilayer material whose outer layer is chosen from the group consisting of polyesters such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET) or polyolefins such as polypropylene (PP) or polyethylene (PE).
  • PET polyethylene terephthalate
  • PP polypropylene
  • PE polyethylene
  • This sealing means is in particular a cylindrical capsule with inside of which is housed an internal film as defined above.
  • Figure 1 There is shown in Figure 1 attached such a bottle.
  • This Figure is a longitudinal sectional view in which the bottle 1 formed a cylindrical body 2 and a neck 3 consists of an outer layer 4 made of polyethylene terephthalate, an intermediate binder layer 5 and a inner layer 6 of aromatic polyamide.
  • the capsule 7 is formed of a cylindrical body 8 and a base circular 9. Inside the capsule 7 is housed a disc formed of a layer of PE 10 applied to the inside of the base and a layer of aromatic polyamide 11 bearing on the neck 3.
  • the invention also relates to the use of a polyamide including aromatic motifs for the production of packaging intended to come into contact with anethole solutions, in particular slightly alcoholic, in order to limit the loss of anethole on contact with the packaging wall.
  • It also relates to a method intended to limit the loss of anethole contained in alcoholic or non-alcoholic solutions, especially low alcohol, in contact with the packaging wall in polymer material, characterized in that the wall in polymer material in contact with the anethole solution is a polyamide comprising units aromatic.
  • the invention also relates to a method for producing a packaging containing an alcoholic or non-alcoholic drink comprising anethole, characterized in that a package such as described above with said drink which is then closed off.
  • Bottles made of an outer layer of polypropylene and an internal film of a SELAR PA® brand polyamide film are formed by co-extrusion with an adhesion binder.
  • the internal film has an average thickness of 50 micrometers
  • the outer layer has an average thickness of 520 micrometers
  • the layer intermediate an average thickness of 44 micrometers.
  • the bottles are all heat sealed with a seal PE / ALU / PE and are cold filled in the presence of a bacteriostatic, non-alcoholic anise solution containing 235 mg / l anethole, then are left 12 months at 20 ° C.
  • Bottles made of an outer layer of polypropylene and an internal film of a SELAR PA® brand polyamide film are formed by co-extrusion with an adhesion binder.
  • the internal film has an average thickness of 50 micrometers
  • the outer layer has an average thickness of 520 micrometers
  • the layer intermediate an average thickness of 44 micrometers.
  • the bottles are left for 12 months at 20 ° C.
  • Bottles made of polyethylene terephthalate marketed by Cusenier (France) for fruit syrups (Sironimo®) are filled with the same solutions as in Examples 1 and 2 and are left 12 months at 20 ° C.
  • the loss of anethole is evaluated periodically. We aknowledge that after 6 months, the loss is around 90% and 100% after 12 months.
  • Example 4 An example similar to Example 4 was carried out with polyethylene bottles sold by Pampryl (France) for fruit juices and with polypropylene bottles.
  • Example 4 An example similar to Example 4 with a PVC bottle is realized.
  • Example 4 A test similar to Example 4 with a glass bottle is realized. There is a loss of about 3% and about 6% after 6 months after 12 months.

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  1. Behälter, welcher von wenigstens einer Innenhaut gebildet ist, und welcher ein alkoholisches oder nicht-alkoholisches anetholhaltiges Getränk enthält, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Innenhaut des Behälters von einer Polyamidfolie mit aromatischen Einheiten gebildet ist.
  2. Behälter gemäß Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Polyamidfolie derart gestaltet ist, daß die gemäß ASTM D570 gemessene Wasserabsorption unterhalb 8% liegt und die gemäß ASTM D570 gemessene Wasserwiederaufnahme unterhalb 5% liegt.
  3. Behälter gemäß Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Polyamidfolie derart gestaltet ist, daß die Sauerstoffpermeationsgeschwindigkeit (cc-20 µ/m2 tag .atm) bei 20°C und 0% RH unterhalb 4 liegt.
  4. Behälter gemäß einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Folie aus einem Polyamid besteht, welches aus der Polykondensation von Metaxylylendiomin mit Adipinsäure hervorgeht.
  5. Behälter gemäß Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Getränk nicht alkoholhaltig oder wenig alkoholhaltig ist.
  6. Behälter gemäß Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Getränk bis zu 10 Vol.-% Alkohol aufweist.
  7. Behälter gemäß Anspruch 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Getränk 3 bis 9 Vol.-% Alkohol aufweist.
  8. Behälter gemäß Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das wässerige alkoholische oder nicht-alkoholische Getränk 0,01 bis 2 g/l Anethol aufweist.
  9. Behälter gemäß Anspruch 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das wässerige alkoholische oder nicht-alkoholische Getränk 0,02 bis 2 g/l Anethol aufweist.
  10. Behälter gemäß einem der vorherigen Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Folie eine Dicke zwischen 10 und 100 Mikrometern aufweist.
  11. Behälter gemäß Anspruch 10, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Folie eine Dicke zwischen 20 und 80 Mikrometern aufweist.
  12. Behälter gemäß Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß er eine äußere Strukturschicht und eine Innenhaut aufweist, welche von einer Polyamidfolie mit aromatischen Einheiten gebildet ist.
  13. Behälter gemäß Anspruch 12, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Außenschicht aus Polymer besteht.
  14. Behälter gemäß Anspruch 13, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Außenschicht aus der Gruppe gewählt ist, welche aus Polyestern und Polyolefinen besteht.
  15. Behälter gemäß Anspruch 14, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Außenschicht aus der Gruppe gewählt ist, welche aus Polyethylenterephtalat, Polypropylen und Polyethylen besteht.
  16. Behälter gemäß Anspruch 12, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Außenschicht aus Metall besteht.
  17. Behälter gemäß Anspruch 12, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Außenschicht aus Karton besteht.
  18. Behälter gemäß einem der Ansprüche 12 bis 17, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß er eine Zwischenschicht aus einem Bindemittel aufweist.
  19. Behälter gemäß einem der Ansprüche 12 bis 15 oder 18, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß er in Form einer Flasche ausgebildet ist.
  20. Verschlußvorrichtung für einen Behälter gemäß einem der vorherigen Ansprüche, welche mit einer Innenhaut versehen ist, welche aus einer Polyamidfolie mit aromatischen Einheiten gebildet ist, und welche in Auflage aufdie Öffnung des Behälters kommt.
  21. Verschlußvorrichtung gemäß Anspruch 20, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß sie von einer zylindrischen Kapsel gebildet ist, in deren Innerem eine Innenhaut gelagert ist, welche von einer Polyamidfolie mit aromatischen Einheiten gebildet ist, und welche in Auflage auf die Öffnung des Behälters kommt.
  22. Verwendung einer Polymerfolie zur Herstellung eines Behälters, welcher in Kontakt mit schwach alkoholischen anetholhaltigen Lösungen kommt, um den Anetholverlust im Kontakt mit der Wand des Behälters zu begrenzen, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Folie ein Polyamid mit aromatischen Einheiten ist, wie in den Ansprüchen 1 bis 3, 10, 11 beschrieben.
  23. Verfahren, welches dafür bestimmt ist, den Verlust des in den schwach alkoholischen Lösungen enthaltenen Anethols im Kontakt mit den Wänden eines Behälters aus Polymermaterial zu begrenzen, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Wand aus Polymermaterial im Kontakt mit der Anethollösung ein Polyamid ist, wie in den Ansprüchen 1 bis 3, 10, 11 definiert.
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