Thursday 26 March 2015

Amber glass vials for medicines, skin care & more

You may have seen medicines & other products packed in glass bottles of different shapes & sizes, color & texture. Instead, it’s hard to imagine why these bottle parameters changes with respect to anything. Nor do we think whether the actual product we are buying is protected inside those containers or vials they are preserved in. Why don’t we consider that there are some products which are stored in dark colored bottles while the others aren’t? All that we check is whether the product is expired or not.  Instead, the color of the bottles or jars medicines & other products are packed in has another reason associated with it.

Amber glass vials used by pharmaceutical companies & other FMCG companies are being taken in use for specific reasons. The first & the most basic reason is that the contained product shouldn’t get affected by the harmful radiations from the sun in the presence of which many integral components may react together to form toxic resultants. It wouldn’t be of any use to buy a product that can easily get damaged or spoiled by the action of sunlight. It can also be asked why not only medicines, but some other products like beer, wine, oils etc. are also packed in amber glass. And there are reasons to it.

1.    UV protection: the primary reason is that it protects the packed product, be it medicines, wine, beer or oils to get spoiled under the action of harmful UV rays from the sun.

2.    Low cost: Amber bottles or vials are less costly in comparison to transparent or colored bottles, while they have this extra feature of protection against the UV rays.

3.    Eco-friendly: Amber glass is an eco-friendly raw material to be used for making bottles & vials. It is a recyclable material, better than plastic. There are n chances that any undesirable chemical from the walls of the containers into the main product which may even spoil the product.

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