Retort pouch

It allows the sterile packaging of a wide variety of food and drink handled by aseptic processing and is used as an alternative to traditional industrial canning methods.

Curry became a food that could be stored for long periods of time and like instant noodles, could be eaten after being cooked for three minutes.

[4] The current form of the retort pouch was invented by the United States Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center, Reynolds Metals Company, and Continental Flexible Packaging, who jointly received the Food Technology Industrial Achievement Award for its invention in 1978.

[5] A retort pouch is constructed from a flexible metal-plastic laminate that is able to withstand the thermal processing used for sterilization.

In the consumer market, retort pouches have gained great popularity outside of the United States, particularly in the Pacific Rim region.