In the pet industry, tube packaging has become the mainstream packaging form for paste-like products such as nutritional pastes, hairdressing pastes, toothpaste, ear medicine, and deworming medicine due to its excellent sealing performance and precisely controllable dosage characteristics. It effectively ensures the hygiene and safety of the products and enhances their convenience of use.

The hose filling and sealing machine is the core equipment for producing such paste products. Given that the equipment comes into direct contact with materials, its key components must be made of materials that meet food-grade standards and comply with relevant GMP production regulations to ensure the quality and safety of the final product.

Application examples of flexible tube packaging in the pet industry

1、Pet toothpaste is an oral hygiene product specially designed for pets. It mostly uses natural edible ingredients, but natural ingredients are more prone to deterioration, so the sealing property of the packaging is required to be high. The tube packaging has strong sealing performance, which can reduce bacterial invasion, isolate oxygen and moisture, and effectively prevent the oxidation and deterioration of toothpaste. It is very suitable for packaging pet toothpaste.

2、The main functions of pet ear medicine are to clean the ear canal, kill bacteria and reduce inflammation, and eliminate ear mites. Due to its unique application scenarios, the packaging needs to balance precise drug administration and hygiene protection. Therefore, the tubes are mostly designed with pointed ends. In response to this demand, Riko Co., Ltd. has developed a dedicated filling and sealing equipment for pointed hoses, which supports the filling of various specifications of pointed hoses.

3、Pet deworming medicine is a drug used to prevent and treat internal and external parasitic infections in pets. Among them, the external deworming drops are very suitable for tube packaging. External deworming should be carried out regularly every month. To prevent the drug from deteriorating due to multiple openings, single packaging is often used. At the same time, costs need to be controlled. Therefore, flexible tube packaging becomes the best choice.

4、Pet hairball remover is a commonly used product to help cats expel hairballs from their stomachs. Due to the soft material of the tube packaging and the scale marked on the surface, the dosage can be directly observed during extrusion, avoiding poor results due to feeding too little or diarrhea caused by excessive dosage. It is very suitable for pet grooming cream.

5、Pet nutrition paste is a concentrated paste-like food designed to supplement the nutrition of pets, which can quickly replenish energy and nutrients. The tube packaging is made of pure aluminum tubes or aluminum-plastic composite materials, and is sealed with inner stoppers or screw caps. It can effectively block air, moisture and bacteria, prevent the oxidation and failure of vitamins in the paste, and the rancidity and deterioration of oil components, thus extending the shelf life.

6、Pet body wash can effectively clean hair, care for skin, deodorize, and keep pets healthy and clean. Pet body wash packaged in soft tubes can effectively isolate the outside world, preventing the active ingredients in the body wash from deteriorating due to oxidation or moisture, and thus extending the product’s shelf life.